[Postcard of The American Red Cross Clubmobile "Somewhere" In Great Britain, August 19, 1944]

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Postcard of an "American Red Cross Clubmobile 'Somewhere' in Great Britain". It features a Red Cross worker holding a tray labelled "From the Folks Back Home Through the Red Cross" with some service men standing around her. They are in front of a plane named "Phyllis". The letter on the back is from John Lehman, to the H. Kempner firm. In it, he says that a letter would probably follow, that he was not able to meet with Ernest, and that the Red Cross had been very kind to him and his fellow service men.

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1 postcard : col. ; 13 x 8 cm.

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Lehman, John August 19, 1944.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: Harris and Eliza Kempner and was provided by the Rosenberg Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 21 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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  • H. Kempner (Firm) It is addressed to "everyone", presumably to the firm as a whole.

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Postcard of an "American Red Cross Clubmobile 'Somewhere' in Great Britain". It features a Red Cross worker holding a tray labelled "From the Folks Back Home Through the Red Cross" with some service men standing around her. They are in front of a plane named "Phyllis". The letter on the back is from John Lehman, to the H. Kempner firm. In it, he says that a letter would probably follow, that he was not able to meet with Ernest, and that the Red Cross had been very kind to him and his fellow service men.

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1 postcard : col. ; 13 x 8 cm.

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Harris and Eliza Kempner

One of Galveston’s most iconic families, the Kempner family influenced the social and philanthropic landscape of Galveston, and its members created an expansive economic empire. This collection includes both personal papers and documentation of the family's involvement in business and industry.

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  • August 19, 1944

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Lehman, John. [Postcard of The American Red Cross Clubmobile "Somewhere" In Great Britain, August 19, 1944], postcard, August 19, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1329160/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.

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