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[Postcard from Harris Leon Kempner to Lyda Ann Kempner, April 27, 1925]

Description: Postcard of the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. Harris Kempner sent the postcard to his sister, Lyda, answering her two previous letters while waiting for his train. He expresses that he is happy to have finally seen the Cathedral because of an "examination paper" he wrote on it in college.
Date: April 27, 1925
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.452694 -94.631035
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Portrait of Zoé Batre, Vicomtesse de Saint Cyr]

Description: Copy print of a portrait of Zoé Batre, Vicomtesse de Saint Cyr, posing with her left arm on the top of a chair and angled toward the right of the image and looking toward the camera. She is wearing a short-sleeved, off-the-shoulder, floor-length dress with decorations around the bodice and waist and she is holding a handkerchief in her right hand. Tables, flowers, and other items are visible in the background.
Date: 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Portrait of François Hyacinthe, Vicomte de Saint Cyr]

Description: Photograph of a painted portrait of François Hyacinthe, Vicomte de Saint Cyr, standing in an office or study, with his left hand brace don the corner of a desk. He is wearing a dark-colored suit with his right hand against his waistcoat. Several book spies are visible in the lower-right corner and various other items and furniture are visible in the background, including a chair at left.
Date: 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus]

Description: Postcard of a photo of Lucerne, Switzerland and Mount Pilatus featuring a body of water, boats, and bridges in the foreground, Mount Pilatus in the background, and buildings of Lucerne in between. The buildings are in a historical architectural style and Mount Pilatus has a mostly green base with a rocky snow-tipped peak. On the reverse is text from A. J. Biron to Harris L. Kempner discussing his travels in Italy and Switzerland.
Date: November 9, 1956
Creator: Biron, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Bridges and Castle at Castel Sant'Angelo]

Description: Postcard of a photo of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy. The photo is in black and white and it is displayed in the Galleria Savelli in Saint Peter's Plaza. In the photo, there are trees in the foreground with the castle, bridges, and the body of water they are over behind the trees. Atop the castle is a statue of Michael the Archangel. Behind the bridges and castle are buildings in a historic architectural style. On the reverse is text from A. J. Biron to Isaac H. Kempner discussing his trave… more
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: Biron, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 41.903063 12.466276
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Plönlein]

Description: Postcard of a photo of Plönlein in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, a historical landmark of shops, a fountain, half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets. Featured in the photo are two stone streets with shops in the half-timbered style and a small clocktower adorning them. Text on the reverse is from Olin Shivers to Daniel W. and Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing his trip to Germany.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Shivers, Olin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 49.374436 10.180105
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard from Harris Leon Kempner to Henrietta Leonora Kempner, April 27, 1925]

Description: Postcard of the doors of the cathedral at Cologne, Germany. In the letter on the back addressed to his sister Leonora, Harris Kempner discusses the British occupation of Germany and the election of Paul von Hindenberg, and asks Leonora "which is cause and which is effect."
Date: April 27, 1925
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.452694 -94.631035
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of Roma Lipowska and Friend]

Description: Photograph of Roma Lipowska and a friend that she met during her stay at a sanatorium standing in front of a building. Lipowska is the woman on the left. A note on the back from Roma Lipowska says, "I send you, my dear friends, my last photograph. x Roma Lipowska. Ywovier, Ydraj 1951?"
Date: 1951?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of the Schlatenkees, East Tyrol, Austria, 1954]

Description: Postcard of the Schlatenkees glacier in the Venediger Group in East Tyrol, Austria. The photo shows the white glacial ice, embedded into dark rock. The glacier tongue is facing directly towards the camera and extending towards the foreground. A tear in the top left corner partially obscures the image. On the back of the card is a message from Gobind to Harris Leon Kempner sending his regards to him and his family and discussing his travel plans to Bombay.
Date: 1954?
Creator: Gobind
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of La Isla Verde and Gibraltar, 1950]

Description: Postcard of La Isla Verde and Gibraltar from the Hotel Cristina in Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain. The photo shows palm trees and some distant buildings on the shore of Algeciras. Algeciras, La Isla Verde, and Gibraltar are separated by the bay of Gibraltar and a bridge connects the shore to La Isla Verde on which are several more buildings. Further in the distance is the Rock of Gibraltar. On the back of the card is a message from Mario Santochia to Daniel W. Kempner.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Santochia, Mario
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Santa Maria Island in the Azores, Portugal, October 16, 1946]

Description: Postcard of Santa Maria Island in the Azores, Portugal. The island has hills and mountains in the distance. On the hills are many buildings paths, and partitions, with sparse foliage. One of these partitions moves towards the foreground and is seen to be made of stone bricks dug into the ground. On the back of the card is a message from Roger Dixon to Harris Leon Kempner thanking him for his letter and discussing his delays in Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 16, 1946
Creator: Dixon, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, November 15, 1946]

Description: Postcard of a photo of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris in France. The basilica is in Romanesque and Byzantine architectural styles and has a large central dome with a tower jutting out of it flanked by two smaller domes and towers. There are two central walkways leading up to the basilica, which appear to then join into one at a courtyard and a staircase leads to the entrance of the basilica. The walkways and staircases are surrounded by trees. A Parisian building can be seen in the d… more
Date: November 15, 1946
Creator: Kohn, Armand
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postal Card from Gabriel Verley to H. Kempner Cotton Company, September 24, 1944]

Description: Postal card from Gabriel Verley to his friends at H. Kempner Cotton Company expressing his happiness that Paris has been liberated from the Germans by American forces and thanking them for the help they have given them, especially to his son Marc Verley, who is a prisoner in Germany, and hoping that they may resume business soon.
Date: September 24, 1944
Creator: Verley, Gabriel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland, 1948]

Description: Postcard of an illustration of Ronco sopra Ascona, a municipality near Locarno, Switzerland. The postcard features blossoming trees in the foreground, with the town's buildings behind them. The tower of San Martino Church is centered and rises above the buildings. In the background are the surrounding mountains and Lago Maggiore along which Ronco sopra Ascona was built. The back of the postcard contains a message from Lena Carter Carroll to Daniel W. Kempner discussing her time in Locarno and e… more
Date: 1948~
Creator: Carroll, Lena Carter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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