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[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to I. H. Kempner, May 31, 1944]

Description: Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing a telegram from H. C. Taylor, the weather in Sugar Land, and a copy of a hearing before the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee from Jules Leveritt. Robert Kempner explains Sara being upset over nobody responding to an article in the Texas Bankers Record that she sent to the Kempners.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Robert Lee
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Roy and Dorothy Schmidt and their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry]

Description: Roy and Dorothy Schmidt posed in front of automobile with their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry during WWII. Children are both wearing overalls. Lillie is wearing a short sleeved shirt with below the knee hemline. The dress ties at collar and has ruffled front with buttons. Lillie has shoulder length dark hair. Dorothy has short, curly blonde hair. Roy's cap is covering his hair. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1944
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Three men standing around an automobile with a hunted deer on the hood]

Description: Photograph of three men standing around an automobile (game warden emblem on door). Man in foreground is holding up the head of a deer that he killed in a hunt. Albert Peyton George is the second man from the left. There is a rifle leaning against the front of the vehicle. Large oak tree in right background. Type written poem on back of photograph: "Ol' Elyit's got his chin up 'Cause the sun got in his eyes. But he'd make some gal a pin-up With this dandy pronghorn prize!" and in pencil: 22 6". more
Date: 1944
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[An unidentified man carrying a deer killed in a hunt]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man carrying a deer killed in a hunt. The man is possibly game warden Elliot ?. Automobile door to the far right of photograph. Trees in background. Poem type written on back of photograph: "The Game Warden helps you find your buck, And then with willing grin, He heists him to his shoulders, And he helps you tote him in!" In pencil: "22 6".
Date: 1944
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Two men and six women standing under a large oak tree]

Description: Photograph of two men and six women standing under a large oak tree. To the right of the tree is a free-standing plaque with the only legible words being: "THE NANCY STYLES JONES OAK TREE" . There is a wooden topped table in the right bottom corner of the photograph. A storage tank can be seen to the left of the tree. White wooden building in the background.
Date: 1944
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Nelson Linke as a 16 year old]

Description: Bust photograph (copy) of a young man. Written on the back of the photograph in pencil: "Nelson Linke - 16 yrs old) circa 1944 son of Hilda [&] Leo Linke) school picture - probably Richmond HS". The young man, who has dark hair combed back with a curl pulled forward on left, is wearing a white shirt. The photograph is faded into an oval.
Date: 1944
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of German Prisoners of War cutting sorghum tops]

Description: Photograph of German Prisoners of War cutting sorghum tops and placing the tops in sacks worn across their shoulders. The prisoners are harvesting milo on George Ranch land. The prisoners are wearing pants with "PW" and helmet type hats with "PW" also. Stubble from cut grain stalks in foreground. Uncut grain in background. Written on back in pencil: "German Prisoners". Stamped in back in blue: "Photograph by David J. Morris Houston Post, Houston, Texas".
Date: [1941..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of German Prisoners of War working in the hay field]

Description: Photograph of German Prisoners of War working in the hay field on the George Ranch. The prisoners are wearing helmet type hats. To the right, three of the prisoners are using hay forks to separate the hay. The hay press is located near the center of the photo. Two automobiles are just beyond the hay press. Large haystack in right foreground. Truck with wooden slats on sides of back on far right side of photograph. Three farmers are standing near this truck. Stamped on back of photograph in blu… more
Date: [1941..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of German Prisoners of War baling Johnson grass hay on George Ranch land]

Description: Photograph of German Prisoners of War baling Johnson grass hay on George Ranch land. The prisoners are wearing hard hats. Four other ranch hands are near the haystack near right center of photograph. The hay press is on the left side of photograph. A truck is near center on the other side of the haystack. Tall stack of hay bales to right and Mr. George's John Deere tractor with umbrella is on the far right. Written on back of photo in pencil: "German German Prisoners" and stamped on back in blu… more
Date: [1941..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Group of men by two automobiles with deer bodies strapped to them]

Description: Photograph of a group of men sitting/standing near two automobiles. An African-American man is seated on a box of "Grand Prize Lager Beer". Deer killed in a hunt are strapped to the hoods of the two cars. Albert Peyton George is seated on the far left. Two wooden buildings in background. Edge of a brick building on far left.
Date: [1935..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Group of men by two automobiles with deer bodies strapped to them]

Description: Photograph of a group of men sitting /standing near two automobiles. The automobiles have deer that the men killed in a hunt tied to the hoods of the cars. An African-American man is seated on a box of " Grand Prize Lager Beer" in the front center of the two cars. Each man is holding a bottle of Grand Prize beer. The man on far left is Albert Peyton George. Brick building to left. Other buildings in background.
Date: [1935..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Mr. And Mrs. Linke standing in front of shrubs and tall grass]

Description: Photograph (copy) of a man and a woman. The couple has been identified as Mr. And Mrs. Linke. In this full-length outdoor photograph, Mrs. Linke is wearing a short sleeved print dress with pearls around her rounded collar. Mr. Linke is wearing a light colored suit, white shirt, and light colored tie. There is a shrub with flowers in left background and tall grass in right background. Written in pencil on back of photo: "Mr. [&] Mrs. Linke Hilda [&] Leo Linke circa: 1943 - 1944".
Date: [1943..1944]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Albert Peyton George with his trophy prong-horn antelope from a hunt]

Description: Photograph of Albert Peyton George with his trophy Prong-horn Antelope from a hunt on the Adobe Ranch. Mr. George is holding the horn of the antelope in his right hand. Mr. George is wearing pants, shirt, sweater, tie, jacket, and a cap. Typewritten in black on back of photograph: "To Albert George our hats we doff: He downed this buck from a fur piece off! Adobe Ranch, Oct. 12/44" . Also written in pencil: "22 6". The photograph has scalloped edging.
Date: October 12, 1944
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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