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[Postcard of Graz's Fire Department, Germany]

Description: Postcard of fire fighters in three horse-drawn vehicles outside of a fire station. The fire fighters' uniforms have both hats and helmets. A handwritten message to the recipient on the back of the postcard says, "I would be obliged to you, if you would send me also fire brigade cards."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Karl Tostmann and Friends]

Description: Photograph of Karl Tostmann (1882-1964) and friends. Within the photo Tostmann and his friends sitting/kneeling with raising their drinks in one hand. The group is positioned in front of a nature themed background. Handwritten text on back reads "Karl Tostmann 2nd from RT".
Date: unknown
Creator: Marten, Aug.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Karl Tostmann Standing in the Snow With Two Friends ]

Description: Photograph of Karl Tostmann (1882-1964) and friends standing in front of a winter background. All three men are wearing dark colored long coats and dark colored hats. In their hands they each have canes. One cane has an antler horn top. Handwritten text on back reads "Germany, Karl Tostmann Left).
Date: unknown
Creator: Marten, Aug.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Karl Tostmann and Team]

Description: Photograph of Karl Tostmann and his cricket team in Germany. With in the picture Tostmann is identified by a hand drawn circle around him. The whole team is pictured wearing striped shirts and dark colored pants. Two boys are lying on the ground in front of the team with cricket items around them.
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of a Couple and Firemen]

Description: Illustrated postcard of a kissing couple within a burning heart, surrounded by firemen attempting to extinguish the fire with hoses and ladders. There is a Poem in German printed in the top left corner of the postcard. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message from the sender, saying, "My dear Sir! My best compliments for new year 1910!"
Date: December 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Fighter Rescuing a Lady]

Description: Illustrated postcard of a fire fighter on a ladder, carrying a lady and a cat on his back. The couple is looking towards the flames and smoke in the background. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Dear Sir: I am sending today two [...] cards in exchange which I hope will be as [...]"
Date: April 26, 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a German Fire Station]

Description: Postcard of a gated, multistory fire station in Germany. The gated area consists of three connected brick buildings, with the opening facing the camera. The main building features garages at its base and a clock at the center of its roof. The back of the photograph has a handwritten message from its sender to its recipient.
Date: January 31, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Berlin]

Description: Postcard of three scenes in Berlin, Germany. The left and right images feature a rooms which each have a glass display and a wall of switches. The center image features a man using a street telephone at the base of a light post.
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, August 28, 1898]

Description: Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his life in Germany, including his host Mr. Hollaender [sic], the people of Germany, and the hotel service. The letter is torn through the middle, and is held together by a clear piece of tape.
Date: August 28, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

[Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr.'s Grave]

Description: Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr.'s grave site in Koblenz, Germany. A woman is standing over his grave with a flower in her hand. His grave stone can be seen in the foreground of the photo. The back of the photo reads: "Memorial Day A. E. F. Cemetery Germany 1919."
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of a Cluster of Crosses with Flowers]

Description: Photograph of a group of crosses with one large cross in the back. This is a marker for the grave site of Henry Clay, Jr. who died February 4, 1919. The back of the photo reads: 'In loving memory of one of my den boys who passed to the Higher Life February 4, 1919. Evacuation Hospital 6 U.S. Army. Coblenz, Germany Lord knoweth best."
Date: May 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

From Pomerania to America

Description: Book discussing the history of the Radde Family from their European ancestors in Pomerania to their arrival in America. Included are various photographs and maps, as well as a list of Radde family members from the Federal Records Center: "Index to Passenger List of Vessels Arriving in Baltimore from 1820-1897." Index begins on page 87.
Date: 1989
Creator: Radde, Rebecca D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum

[Release of Vendor's Lien From Alfred and Mary Fasshauer to Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Description: Document certifying that Henry Sayles, Jr. paid five promissory notes to Alfred and Mary Fasshauer specified in the vendor's lien on the property, lot 5 of the Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision of Survey 65, Blind Asylum Land in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: February 27, 1929
Creator: Fasshauer, Alfred & Fasshauer, Mary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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