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[Auto Loan Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a United States National Bank billboard advertising fast auto loans with an image of the U.S. in the center and a man with a broken car in the lower-left corner. Buildings are visible through the billboard posts along the right and center of the image, including the Gaidos Motel directly behind the board. At the right side of the image, cars are driving on Seawall Boulevard along the Gulf of Mexico (far right).
Date: 1965~
Creator: Jules Lauve, Jr., Inc.
Location: 29.279000 -94.804839
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Bank With Us" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a billboard advertisement with the text "Big and friendly, United States National Bank. Bank with U.S." to the right of a three-dimensional image of the bank building. A two-story building with a split two-tone colored siding is visible behind the angled posts of the billboard.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jules Lauve, Jr., Incorporated
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Christmas Card from the Seybolds]

Description: Photographic Christmas card from Dorothee and Elmer Seybold to Isaac Herbert Kempner with a handwritten note along the left margin that says, "May this be your Merriest Christmas" signed by the Seybolds. In the photograph, the Seybolds are wearing dark-colored Western-style costumes and posing on either side of their ranch gate. Dorothee is looking at the camera and Elmer is waving a cowboy hat, looking towards the right of the image.
Date: 1948
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Good Will to All" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a holiday-themed billboard advertisement for the United States National Bank of Galveston, featuring a man wearing a red coat lighting an old-fashioned street-lamp with the text "Good Will to All..." Buildings are visible in the background of the image and a holly bush with berries is in the lower-left corner. The billboard is in an area enclosed by a chain-link fence and buildings are visible behind it.
Date: 1965-12~
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Joy to the World" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a holiday-themed billboard with an image of Joseph and Mary holding baby Jesus at left, next to the text "Joy to the World." The name of the bank is printed below the image: "The United States National Bank." The top portion of a red car is visible at the bottom of the photo.
Date: 1965-12~
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of a Ferry]

Description: Photograph of a ferry in Galveston. Vehicles are parked along the bottom deck with people standing around, emergency boats are in place on the top deck. A thin sliver of land, a boat, and small structure can be seen behind the boat.
Date: 19XX
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of A. Martini Using a Depository]

Description: Photograph of A. Martini dropping a deposit into the United States National Bank's night depository. The photograph of Martini placing his hand on the depository lip opening is framed by a handwritten block describing the action.
Date: 19XX
Location: 29.305440 -94.792733
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of B. F. Terry's Gravesite]

Description: Photograph of Colonel B. F. Terry's gravesite at Greenwood Cemetery in Houston, with a printed label: "Terry's grave site." The site includes a large monument and there are trees around the plot. A truck is visible in the background.
Date: 1962
Location: 29.764931 -95.385643
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of City Corner]

Description: Photograph of a city corner facing a Walgreen's, Penny's, and the United States National Bank building. Two women are crossing a street with cars parked and driving a long the intersection.
Date: 19XX
Location: 29.305277 -94.792471
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of City Corner]

Description: Photograph of a city corner facing a Walgreen's and the United States National Bank building. People are crossing the intersection with cars parked and driving by, a man sits on a park parked to the left.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Witwer Studio
Location: 29.305244 -94.792449
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of Downtown Galveston]

Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Galveston. The photograph faces East South East on to the city from the Port of Galveston. At the bottom of the photograph is a train station, multiple buildings of different stories make up the central part of the photograph and small homes beyond the with buildings with the sea on the very top of the frame.
Date: 19XX
Location: 29.304743 -94.804208
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of Kempner Family Members with Rabbi #1]

Description: Photograph of Kempner family members with Rabbi Henri Cohen posing together in front of large trees and foliage. They are identified (left-to-right) as: Rabbi Henri Cohen, Lyda Kempner Quinn, Hattie Kempner Oppenheimer, Fannie Kempner Adoue, Gladys Kempner, Isaac Herbert Kempner, Harris Leon Kempner, and Henrietta Lenora Kempner. The men are dressed in dark suits with the women in dresses or skirts with their hair pinned up.
Date: December 2, 1932
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of Kempner Family Members with Rabbi #2]

Description: Photograph of Kempner family members with Rabbi Henri Cohen posing together in front of large trees and foliage. They are identified (left-to-right) as: Rabbi Henri Cohen, Lyda Kempner Quinn, Hattie Kempner Oppenheimer, Fannie Kempner Adoue, Gladys Kempner, Isaac Herbert Kempner, Harris Leon Kempner, and Henrietta Lenora Kempner. The men are dressed in dark suits with the women in dresses or skirts with their hair pinned up.
Date: 1932-12-02~
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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