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[Advertisement for Fog Mist]

An advertisement for Dolan Laboratories Inc.'s Fog Mist. A list of prices is on the back of the item.

Date: 1953~

Creator: Dolan Laboratories, Incorporated

Item Type: Text

[Advertisement for Refrigerator]

Advertisement cut from Hussmann highlighting their Model R-16N refrigerator.

Date: 1953~

Creator: Hussmann

Item Type: Clipping

[Advertisement from Magic Fog, Inc. #1]

Advertisement from Magic Fog, Inc. for their eponymous pesticide. It contains a large black and white photograph of a car in a junkyard with a large cloud of fog coming out from under it. A blurb about the product is underneath the photograph.

Date: 1953

Creator: Magic Fog, Inc.

Item Type: Text

[Advertisement from Magic Fog, Inc. #2]

Advertisement from Magic Fog, Inc. for their eponymous pesticide. It contains a photograph of a truck fogging a drive-in movie theater with a blurb about the product underneath.

Date: 1953

Creator: Magic Fog, Inc.

Item Type: Text

[Advertising Circular from Old American Insurance Company, 1950?]

Advertising circular from Old American Insurance Company enclosing an application for their "Special Accident Policy," along with a postage stamp and describing the features of the policy.

Date: 1950?

Creator: Old American Insurance Company

Item Type: Letter

[Advertising Circular from Old American Insurance Company, 1952?]

Advertising circular from Old American Insurance Company discussing hospitalization insurance for persons aged 60 to 85 years of age and enclosing an applications for the "Special Hospitalization Policy."

Date: 1952~

Creator: Old American Insurance Company

Item Type: Letter

[Announcement from Green, Hennings, Henry and Evans, May 1, 1950]

Card from the law firm Green, Hennings, Henry and Evans announcing that Donald J. Meyer and Richard D. Duncan have joined their practice.

Date: May 1, 1950

Creator: Green, Hennings, Henry and Evans

Item Type: Text

[Ceramo Company Price List for Pots, Pans, and Saucers]

Price list from the Ceramo Company for their standard pots, azalea pots, bulb pans, and saucers.

Date: 1948

Creator: Ceramo Company

Item Type: Text

[Clipping: 45 Rooms Reserved for Hotel Wedding: Similar Event 8 Years Ago]

Newspaper clipping describing there are 45 rooms reserved for hotel wedding of Miss Minnie Allen Bertig and Lee Pollack, which the wedding is a similar event to Paragould, Arkansas cousin, eight years ago.

Date: 1914~

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Stump Thumper]

Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with articles about a Stump Driver in Arkansas, new garment pieces for woman, advertisements, the Rose Parade, hospital stays, and a building demolition.

Date: January 9, 1955

Creator: Witman, Arthur

Item Type: Clipping

Location: None

[Handwritten Letter from Donald F. Meyer to Jeane Kempner, October 26, 1951]

Handwritten letter from Donald F. Meyer to Jeane Kempner expressing his condolences at hearing of the death of one of her relatives and updating her on family and life news.

Date: October 26, 1951

Creator: Meyer, Donald F.

Item Type: Letter

[Handwritten Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Daniel W. Kempner and Jeane Bertig Kempner, May 20, 1950]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Mr. and Mrs. Kempner discussing his doctor saying he might be well enough to go home in the next week. Mr. Beritg then talks about how after his doctor left the night before he awoke three times from a dream. He then starts to discuss his concerns with how much cotton had been planted this year and other company operations. He then says he will not be driving home, instead having arranged transportation.

Date: May 20, 1950

Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.

Item Type: Letter

[Handwritten Letter from Mrs. David F. Weston to Robert Lee Kempner, April 9, 1956]

Handwritten letter from Mrs. David F. Weston to Robert Lee Kempner requesting for a check from the Kempner fund and discussing about arrangements for Fannie's return.

Date: April 9, 1956

Creator: Weston, Sara Elizabeth

Item Type: Letter

[Inter-Office Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to I. H. Kempner, April 1, 1953]

Inter-office letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr., to I. H. Kempner discussing his travel itinerary to Boston with location and timeline.

Date: April 1, 1953

Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Location: 42.348555 -71.090813

[Invitation from the Cotton Exchange Bank]

Invitation from the Cotton Exchange Bank requesting the recipient's presence at an open house at their new location on May 27.

Date: 1956~

Creator: Cotton Exchange Bank

Item Type: Letter

Location: 36.236205 -90.054170

[Invoice for Doane Agricultural Digest, February 1, 1953]

Invoice for a Doane Agricultural Digest subscription renewal for Mr. D. W. Kempner by Doane Agricultural Service, Inc. for $10. The subscription lasted from the 1st of March, 1953 to the 28th of February, 1954. The invoice was stamped paid on the 2nd of February, 1953.

Date: February 1, 1953

Creator: Doane Agricultural Service, Incorporated

Item Type: Text

[Invoice for Doane Agricultural Digest, March 7, 1952]

Invoice for a Doane Agricultural Digest sold to Mr. D. W. Kempner by Doane Agricultural Service, Inc. for $20. The purchase also comes with service for one year from March 1, 1952, to February 28, 1953. The invoice was stamped "paid".

Date: March 7, 1952

Creator: Doane Agricultural Service, Incorporated

Item Type: Text

[Land History of Imperial Sugar Company]

History of the Imperial Sugar Company and land agreements in Sugar Land, Texas.

Date: 1951~

Item Type: Text

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Commerce Trust Company, April 2, 1956]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Commerce Trust Company enclosing a check covering interest due by Mr. D. W. Kempner.

Date: April 2, 1956