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[Postal Card from Cousens & Pratt Inc. to Harris Leon Kempner, May 2, 1946]

Description: Postal card with letter from Cousens & Pratt Inc to Harris Leon Kempner letting him know that they're not in a position to quote on sails for the Swedish 30 square meter as they don't have any material in stock, and they don't know when the shipment will arrive.
Date: May 2, 1946
Creator: Cousens & Pratt Inc.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Sanger Avenue School]

Description: Postcard of Waco's Sanger Avenue elementary school, a large, two-story brick building, with hundreds of students posing in several rows, standing and sitting, in front of the school and more students standing in the windows inside the school. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sanger Avenue School, Waco, Texas 692 Pupils."
Date: May 26, 1931
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Description: Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has … more
Date: May 13, 1911
Creator: Cortes, Charley
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from B. to J. C. K. Poore - May 24, 1918]

Description: Postcard sent from a soldier named "B." in Camp MacArthur, Waco, to J. C. K. Poore in Colebrook, New Hampshire, describing the scene depicted on front of the postcard and expresses uncertainty about how much longer he has to stay .The front of the postcard depicts a field artillery range in Camp MacArthur with artillery batteries laid out at center left next to a large encampment with large patches of bushes along the grass plain.
Date: May 24, 1918
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[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
Location: 49.374436 10.180105
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard from Mr. William Mole, May 15, 1918]

Description: Postcard sent from Mr. William Mole to Maurice and Minnie picturing soldiers in a mess line at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas with a handwritten message on the back saying that his tools will be fine in their cellar.
Date: May 15, 1918
Creator: Mole, William
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard with an aerial photograph of Camp MacArthur showing neat rows of buildings and tents. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to "Miss and Master Mundt" in Chicago, Illinois and says, "Dear Kids, Great life down here but it sure is hot and dry. Got here last Thur, May 9, '18. Left Jefferson Barracks last Tues night at 10 o'clock. Your uncle, John.
Date: May 12, 1918
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of a World War I Armored Car]

Description: Postcard of of a World War I armored car with three soldiers. The background of the photograph has been colored. A handwritten message on the back of the postcard reads: "Hello, There. Am feeling fine. like it quite well out here. Will send you my address here it is. Camp Head Quarters Recruit 7th Division Camp McArthur Waco Texas. Goodby." The card is addressed to Jessie Hacker from Thomas W., a Camp Macarthur soldier.
Date: May 26, 1918
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Description: Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postal Card from F. L. Diaggne to Harris Leon Kempner, May 7, 1956]

Description: Card with letter from F. L. Diaggne to Harris Leon Kempner notifying him that he has to appear for special Jury Service on May 14, 1956. And Diaggne mentions that if he's an exempt he has to claim but no person other than Judge has the authority to excuse him from this jury service. And failure to obey this will cost him between $10 to $100.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: Diaggne, F. H.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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