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

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

Location: 29.452694 -94.631035

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Thomas Confectionery]

Postcard of the inside of Thomas Confectionery in Dallas, Texas. Text above the picture reads, "Largest confectionery in the state." Handwritten note on the back of the postcard expresses thanks to Lou Rayburn for her letters.

Date: April 27, 1911

Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Falfurrias, Texas]

Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Falfurrias, Texas. The photo is taken from an opposite street facing the church. In front there is a parked dark color automobile. The postcard is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Max Fagg from Dallas, Texas.

Date: April 27, 1971

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Horses at Camp]

Postcard of a group of dark-colored horses standing in a field by a military camp with a row of tents, trees, and a building visible in the background. A handwritten text on the front of the postcard reads "Zapata, Texas. Apr. 27/20. 216 Miles From San Antonio."

Date: April 27, 1920

Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Swimming Pool, City Park, Marshall, Texas]

Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the swimming pool in the city park of Marshall, Texas. The actual pool, which opened in June of 1938, is not visible, but the view shows the terraced lawn around it, two buildings that probably were the filter house and the changing rooms, and part of a chain-link fence. Up another terraced slope to the pool's left is a log building that was constructed in 1939 as the NYA Community Center. Walls, stair rails, and a light post made of rocks… more

Date: April 27, 1946

Creator: Greene, Eleanor

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

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

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."