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[Postcard of Pleasure Pier, Port Arthur, Texas, January 17, 1945]

Description: Postcard featuring an illustration of Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, Texas. The pier extends from a large field. On the pier are several white buildings with red rooves and pathways connecting them. Behind the buildings and to the left is a wooden rollercoaster extending the entire length of the pier. In the background and to the right are a Ferris Wheel and other small carnival rides. There are stamps on the front of the postcard, one saying "Gilbert Tidewater Industrial Sites" and the other sa… more
Date: January 17, 1945
Creator: Gilbert, Harry W.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer, April 5, 1962]

Description: Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer regarding the memo and mentions that he couldn't find the chart of the canal from Houston to Brownsville, but he found the one from Port Arthur to Brownsville so he included that under a different cover which is a total of one dollar.
Date: April 5, 1962
Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris, July 21, 1945]

Description: Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner offering an invitation to the New York Cotton Exchange's diamond jubilee dinner and discussing a meeting at the Exchange that reduced debt, storm predictions for Galveston and stock market conditions in regards to war with Japan.
Date: July 21, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, February 12, 1945]

Description: Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner explaining that he will make the increased offer to the land owner of the potential lot for the Hillel building in Austin, rejoicing over the pledges for $1,000.00 and discussing the responses from B'nai B'rith Lodges. He also mentions Mr. Scheppps decision to donate the Liquor Dealers Fund to local hospitals in the area. He agrees to make personal donations to the fund instead.
Date: February 12, 1945
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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