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[Advertisement for Amana Air Conditioner]

Pamphlet by Amana showing specifications for room air conditioning units.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Amana Refrigeration Incorporated
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Postal Reply Card from Hough's] (open access)

[Blank Postal Reply Card from Hough's]

Blank reply card from Hough's for taking an order of Maytag blue cheese.
Date: 1949
Creator: Hough's
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Burpee Company Gardening Supply Order, September 15, 1954] (open access)

[Burpee Company Gardening Supply Order, September 15, 1954]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. Atlee Burpee Co. placing an order for flower and vegetable seeds.
Date: September 15, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Company Circular from Benjamin and Lang, April 1, 1962] (open access)

[Company Circular from Benjamin and Lang, April 1, 1962]

Circular from Benjamin and Lang for a new issue of general obligation sewerage bonds worth $54,000 for the Viola Sanitary District in Illinois. It includes details about the bond's terms, financial statistics, tax collection records, and legal information regarding taxation and obligations.
Date: April 1, 1962
Creator: Benjamin and Lang
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Balance Due to W. Atlee Burpee Co., May 1956] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to W. Atlee Burpee Co., May 1956]

Invoice for balance due to W. Atlee Burpee Co. by Plantersville Nurseries, D. W. Kempner, including $1 on March 30th, 1956.
Date: May 1, 1956
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Charges from W. Atlee Burpee Co., October 1, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Charges from W. Atlee Burpee Co., October 1, 1954]

Invoice for charges made to Plantersville Nursery by W. Atlee Burpee Co.; the total charge was $36.26.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items from W. Atlee Burpee Co., October 8, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Items from W. Atlee Burpee Co., October 8, 1953]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by W. Atlee Burpee Co. for $36.90, stamped paid on the 23rd of October, 1953.
Date: October 8, 1953
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 24, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Items from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 24, 1954]

Invoice for various items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Company, totaling $27.56. The invoice was marked paid on the 27th of September, 1954.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Items Sold to Plantersville Nurseries, July 1956] (open access)

[Invoice for Items Sold to Plantersville Nurseries, July 1956]

Invoice for items sold to Plantersville Nurseries, D. W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including Alyssum, little gem; Larkspur; pink snapdragon, etc. worth $13.3. Stamped paid on July 23rd, 1956.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Nasturtium and Alyssum] (open access)

[Invoice for Nasturtium and Alyssum]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including one ounce of each of the following type of Nasturtium: Go Gleam, "Fdhk Fav.", and "Geog. Dwf". Also included is a sixteenth ounce of Tetra Snow Alyssum, all for a total of $1.25.
Date: December 7, 1955
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Phlox, Scarlet, Etc., March 1956] (open access)

[Invoice for Phlox, Scarlet, Etc., March 1956]

Invoice for items sold to Plantersville Nurseries by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including phlox, scarlet and portuculata, double flowered for $1.
Date: March 30, 1956
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Ranunculus Bulbs] (open access)

[Invoice for Ranunculus Bulbs]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Company, including 100 Ranunculus bulbs at a cost of $4.67, marked paid on the 29th of October, 1954.
Date: October 25, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Sweet Peas Scarlet, Sal Pink, and Cuthbertson] (open access)

[Invoice for Sweet Peas Scarlet, Sal Pink, and Cuthbertson]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Company, including a quarter-pound of sweet peas scarlet, a quarter-pound of sweet peas sal pink, and a quarter-pound of sweet peas cuthbertson, totaling $3.75. The invoice was marked paid on the 21st of October, 1954.
Date: October 18, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Zinnias and Sweet Peas, September 10, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Zinnias and Sweet Peas, September 10, 1954]

Invoice for various types of Zinnias and Sweet Peas sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co. for $8.70, stamped paid on the 4th of October, 1954.
Date: September 10, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Zinnias, April 7, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Zinnias, April 7, 1953]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including an eighth of an ounce of each of the following types of Zinnias: Floradale Scarlet, Riverside Beauty, Sunny Boy, David Burpee, Pastel Shades M., and Super Giants. The total was $2.65.
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Zinnias, January 12, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Zinnias, January 12, 1954]

Invoice for Zinnias sold to Plantersville Nurseries by W. Atlee Burpee Company, including an eighth of an ounce of F. Scarlet, Riverside beauty, and Sunny boy; and a fourth of an ounce of Pastel shades for a total of $2.15. Paid by check on the 19th of January, 1954.
Date: January 12, 1954
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Zinnias, March 28, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Zinnias, March 28, 1955]

Invoice for various types of Zinnias sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including Giant Hybrids, Dahlia Flowered, and Pastel Shades for $1.50, paid by check on the 4th of April, 1955.
Date: March 28, 1955
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Zinnias, May 2, 1952] (open access)

[Invoice for Zinnias, May 2, 1952]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by W. Atlee Burpee Co., including a quarter ounce of each of the following types of Zinnias: B's Hybrid, Luther Burbank, Super Giants, and David Burpee. The total of $1.95 was paid by check on the 7th of May, 1952.
Date: May 2, 1952
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including vegetable and flower seeds.
Date: September 15, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 15, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including Larkspur seeds.
Date: September 23, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 21, 1948] (open access)

[Invoice from W. Atlee Burpee Co., September 21, 1948]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the W. Atlee Burpee Company including flower seeds.
Date: September 21, 1948
Creator: W. Atlee Burpee Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to W. Atlee Burpee Company, October 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to W. Atlee Burpee Company, October 23, 1953]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to W. Atlee Burpee Company, enclosing payment for an invoice.
Date: October 23, 1953
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner, December 13, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner, December 13, 1951]

Letter from Billie D. Douglass to I. H. Kempner explaining that she forgot to put the catalogue in the letter she sent out.
Date: December 13, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Billie D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roy F. Wilcox & Co., February 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roy F. Wilcox & Co., February 6, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roy F. Wilcox & Co. addressing the need for a refund for two missing items in his last order, and asking for professional advice in treating the infestation of his Cibotium ferns.
Date: February 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History