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[Postcard from Horst Mahncke to Kempner Cotton Company, March 10, 1962]

Description: Postcard of a colorful paint-covered artist's palette atop two brushes, with different images of Hamburg imposed over the palette's wells. The images include ducks swimming on the Alster River, St. Michael's Church and the Bismarck Monument, boat tours on the Binnenalster and an image of the Jungfernstieg promenade, the Hamburg town hall and St. Nicolas' Church, and the Elbtunnel and Stulkenwerft shipyard. Script on front reads "Malerisches Hamburg". Message on back from Horst Mahncke thanks th… more
Date: March 10, 1962
Creator: Mahncke, Horst
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Plönlein]

Description: Postcard of a photo of Plönlein in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany, a historical landmark of shops, a fountain, half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets. Featured in the photo are two stone streets with shops in the half-timbered style and a small clocktower adorning them. Text on the reverse is from Olin Shivers to Daniel W. and Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing his trip to Germany.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Shivers, Olin
Location: 49.374436 10.180105
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Battalion in Germany]

Description: Postcard showing a 12th Armored Division infantry battalion preparing to begin an attack mission in Germany. There is a long line of tanks on the street between two buildings. A note has been written on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Group of Germans]

Description: Postcard showing a large group of German men and women sitting in front of two Nazi flags and a framed photograph of Adolf Hitler mounted on the wall.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Street in Schwabmünchen]

Description: Postcard showing a street in Schwabmünchen, Germany, seen through an archway. There are buildings on both sides of the street.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Pictures of Germany]

Description: Postcard with five photos of significant places in Germany. Four of them show buildings and road, and the fifth shows a statue of a man on top of a monument. An illegible note is written on the back of the postcard.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[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
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[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
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a German Fire Station]

Description: Postcard of a German fire station, with the firemen in front of it in three auto fire engines. A single fireman with a bike is standing to the left of the vehicles.
Date: 1911
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
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a German Fire Engine]

Description: Postcard of two German firemen driving an auto fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a ladder and pressurized canisters.
Date: July 3, 1909
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
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firemen in Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of firemen operating a horse-drawn fire engine near a building. The firemen are facing away from the camera and towards the upper, unseen stories of the building.
Date: 1918?
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Burning Rooftop, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a fire on the roof of a building. Smoke is billowing from the top of the building, covering the background.
Date: April 23, 1903
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of the Berlin Fire Department with a fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a large water tank.
Date: 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of German firemen in four auto fire engines. The line of automobiles is seen in front of a three-story brick building.
Date: July 1909
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
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department in an auto fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a coiled fire hose on its rear.
Date: August 17, 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firefighters Evacuating a Building, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of Berlin's fire department evacuating a three-story building, with ladders set up to access its windows and rooftop. A few firemen are seen holding ropes taut to and from one of the windows, allowing someone to zip-line from the window to the ground.
Date: June 21, 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Burning Rooftop, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a fire on the roof of a building. Intense flames have spread across the top of the roof, giving off heavy smoke.
Date: April 23, 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Fire Fighters Driving to a Fire]

Description: Illustrated postcard of four fire fighters on a moving horse-drawn fire engine. The two horses are moving at a running pace.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howard, Fred S.
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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