Brachman Family Photo Collection
For more than a century, the Brachman family helped shape Fort Worth through leadership, philanthropy, and vision. From their roots in Latvia and Ohio to their arrival in Texas during the oil boom, the Brachmans became deeply involved in business, education, the arts, and Jewish community life. Generations of Brachmans—among them Sol, Ella, Leon, Fay, and Marilyn—left lasting marks on institutions from the Jewish Federation and Ahavath Sholom to Texas Christian University and the Fort Worth Jewish Archives.
This collection features family photographs that capture the personal side of their story—weddings, portraits, and gatherings spanning decades of family life and community involvement.
Original photograph owned by Karen Raimey Kaplan
Back: Abraham J Brachman, Sol Brachman, Elias Brachman.
Front: Lilian Brachman Raimey, Dora Brachman Ginsburg
Wedding of Leon Brachman and Fay Rosenthal. Blackstone Hotel. Standing: Harry Beren, Leon Brachman, Fay Rosenthal Brachman, Madlynn Brachman Barnett, Sheldon (Sheftal). Seated: Wolf Beren, Ella Beren Brachman, Elias Brachman
Wedding of Fay Rosenthal & Leon Brachman.
Left to Right: Eli Brachman, Ella Brachman, Leon Brachman, Fay Rosenthal Brachman, Jennie Rosenthal, & Harry Rosenthal
Left to right: Louis Luskey, Sylvia Rosental Wolens, Sheldon Beren, Rowena Ginsberg Kimmel, Leon Brachman, Fay Rosenthal Brachman, Madlynn Brachman Barnett, Leonard Rosenthal, Lilliam Rose Rabinowitz Rosenthal, & Marcus Ginsburg
Blackstone Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
Left to right: Congressman Jim Write, Tarrant County Sheriff Lon Evans, and Leon Brachman
Fort Worth Jewish Archives 