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[Postcard of Lookout Mountain Hotel]

Description: Postcard featuring a drawing of the Lookout Mountain Hotel "overlooking Chattanooga, Tennessee" as well as drawings of people engaged in various activities: a couple dancing, diving into a swimming pool, playing golf, archery, and riding horses. In script on the front is the hotel's motto: "A Paradise Above the Clouds." Text on the reverse side by S. John Littlegreen, Managing Director, describes the hotel's history, location, and features.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lookout Mountain Hotel
Location: 34.965503 -85.375130
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]

Description: Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date: June 5, 1908
Creator: Rankin, Julia Estes
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postcard from Effy to Dave Granett - July 12, 1908]

Description: Postcard from an "Effy" to Dave Granett of Dallas discussing their itinerary and schedule as they make their way to Dallas. The front of the postcard is a photograph of a flood in Elm Street, East Waco. The floodwaters are ankle-high, with pedestrians and carriages wading through the street.
Date: 1908-07-12~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Shelled Pecan Advertisement from Sternberg Pecan Company]

Description: Postal card from Sternberg Pecan Company in Jackson, Mississippi, advertising sales of fresh shelled pecan halves and listing amounts and prices of pecans available for shipment.
Date: 1952-10-04?
Creator: Sternberg Pecan Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Praline Advertisement from Sternberg Pecan Company]

Description: Postal card from Sternberg Pecan Company advertising Sternberg's Creole Pecan Pralines available for shipment and listing quantities and prices.
Date: October 2, 1952
Creator: Sternberg Pecan Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Old Mission, Juarez, Mexico after a Battle]

Description: Postcard image of a side view (from the north) of a Franciscan mission, labeled in the center of the image as "Old Mission, Juarez, Mex. after a Battle." One man on horseback, in the street, and a line of unidentified men standing on the sidewalk are in front the the building, which has visible damage from bullets and canons which resulted from the Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911). There is a handwritten note on the back sent from "Hess" to Mable Dagley in Lockney, Texas.
Date: October 1916
Location: 31.738796 -106.487082
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Abilene Graphic Arts Association Promotional Card, 1960]

Description: Card from the Abilene Graphic Arts Association promoting various printing companies from Abilene. The card face is mostly white, with a black triangle on the left side overlapping onto a red heart on the middle of the card and a yellow rectangle on the right side where the information is written. On the reverse is information about the printers in Abilene.
Date: 1960
Creator: Abilene Graphic Arts Association
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University 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
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada, September 7, 1949]

Description: Folded postcard of Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada. The postcard shows the many buildings of the hospital campus with green rooves and white exteriors. Surround the buildings are trees leading to Mount Royal. Inside the card is a message from William Sealy to Daniel W. and Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing a new clipping he attached to the postcard regarding the remarriage of Will Clayton and his wife and a call he recently received. He also asks for Mary Jean Thorne's new address.
Date: September 7, 1949
Creator: Sealy, William
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postal Card from Walter G. Woods to Harris Leon Kempner, June 10, 1954]

Description: Postal card from Walter G. Woods to Harris Leon Kempner informing him that he will be with Hayden, Stone & Co. starting June 11. He also apologizes for the market being dead and being unable to ask for a complimentary order.
Date: June 10, 1954
Creator: Woods, Walter G.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Post Card from Rosella Werlin

Description: Post card from Rosella H. Werlin to Isaac H. Kempner agreeing that he is moving in the right direction regarding the medical school and offering her services to him.
Date: October 6, 1944
Creator: Werlin, Rosella H.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Whiteface Inn, Lake Placid, Whiteface, New York, August 9, 1949]

Description: Postcard featuring an illustration of Whiteface Inn on Lake Placid in Whiteface, New York. The inn is in Adirondack architecture style with green sloped rooves and white and exposed wooden exterior. In front of the inn is a grass lawn leading up to Lake Placid with trees along the shore. On the left of the lawn is a flagpole flying the American flag. Behind the inn is the top of a tree-line and a blue sky with a few white clouds. On the back of the card is a message from Isaac H. Kempner to his… more
Date: August 9, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of the Fontainebleau, Miami, Florida, November 22, 1955]

Description: Postcard of the Fontainebleau in Miami, Florida. The photo shows a the Fontainebleau's pool with guests swimming and laying on lounge chairs around it. Behind them is the Fontainebleau itself, a large curved building in the international architecture style. There are flagpoles in front of the building with the Australian, Colombian, American, and other flags flying. Behind the Fontainebleau is a blue sky with a few clouds.
Date: November 22, 1955
Partner: Rosenberg Library

IBM Lakeside Pavilion

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an illustration of the IBM Lakeside pavilion, a single -story building that appears to be open, or have glass walls. People are inside looking at various displays. Printed on back: "IBM: Lakesde. Key feature of the IBM Lakeside Pavilion, one of two the corporation has constructed on site, is a light-hearted informative move explaining the operation of modern computers."
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Las Plazas del Mundo at HemisFair '68

Description: Postcard of an architect's model of Las Plazas del Mundo (Plazas of the World) HemisFair’s international area, where foreign governments had exhibits. More than 20 countries participated in HemisFair '68.
Date: 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Pearl Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: A postcard of a three-dimensional model of the pavilion of the Pearl Brewing Company with its indoor and outdoor dining facility including refreshment and entertainment areas. In the picture some people are shown canoeing in front of the building.
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

U.S. Exhibit Pavilion

Description: Postcard illustration of the U.S. Exhibit Pavilion, one of two buildings that comprised the United States exhibit at HemisFair '68. The Exhibit Pavilion's theme was "Confluence, U.S.A."
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

HemisFair '68 headquarters

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photograph of the building used as the headquarters. Printed on the back: "Headquarters, HemisFair '68. Strung with Mexican lanterns by night, the center of HemisFair activity by day, this beautifully restored 109-year-old structure was originally the German-English School, the grammar school for the children of German families in San Antonio."
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The Bell System pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photograph of a model of Southwestern Bell's pavilion. Printed description on the back: "Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Pavilion. Visitors to this exhibit will be treated to a lively show of the progress of communications. The past, present and future of communications will be shown, but the emphasis will be on the future."
Date: 1967?
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model of the Institute of Texan Cultures

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photo of a model of the Institute of Texan Cultures, with a fountain in front of the building, multi-colored people, and a group of international flags at left. Printed text on the back: "Institute of Texan Cultures. In a main display area the size of four football fields, visitors to the Texas State Pavilion will view an exciting dramatization of the cultural history and future of this incredibly diverse state."
Date: 1965
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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