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[Karl Tostmann and Team]

Photograph of Karl Tostmann and his cricket team in Germany. With in the picture Tostmann is identified by a hand drawn circle around him. The whole team is pictured wearing striped shirts and dark colored pants. Two boys are lying on the ground in front of the team with cricket items around them.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Kempner to Ike, January 31, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from H. Kempner to Ike, January 31, 1894]

Letter from H. Kempner to Ike discussing when Ike finishes at Lexington H. Kempner desires that Ike will travel to Germany, until he has learned to speak German, then travel to France, to learn French and Spanish.
Date: January 31, 1894
Creator: Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his sister, August 26, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his sister, August 26, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his sister, discussing what he's been doing on his travels. The letter is torn through the middle, and is held together by a piece of tape.
Date: August 26, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, December 15, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, December 15, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his travels, including the different cities, tourist attractions, brief histories from some of the cities, and his interactions with Europeans
Date: December 15, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, October 1, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, October 1, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner, advising him on how to economize on postage, discussing his previous stay in Germany, and his planned stay in Breslau, Poland. Although he writes that he is still in Germany, his letter is marked as being written in Breslau.
Date: October 1, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his stay in Berlin.
Date: September 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, August 28, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, August 28, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his life in Germany, including his host Mr. Hollaender [sic], the people of Germany, and the hotel service. The letter is torn through the middle, and is held together by a clear piece of tape.
Date: August 28, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, November, 6, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner, November, 6, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his brother Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing his travels in Europe, his interactions with Germans, and current events.
Date: November 6, 1898
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Seinsheimer, August 16-21, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Eliza Seinsheimer, August 16-21, 1898]

Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer discussing his stay in Germany. He chronicles what happens each day from August 16-21, in 1898.
Date: 1898-08-16/1898-08-21
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for an alteration to cylindrical reciprocating washing machines that first provides "a washing-machine of the type above described in which the drum or body portion of the machine is supported at a single point at its bottom and gives a partial revolving motion thereon; second, to provide said machine wit-h a suspended horizontally-arranged and vertically-reciprocated stirring device or twirl, and, third, to provide mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the stirring device and at the same time imparting a rotary motion thereto, and also to the drum, but in an opposite direction from that of the stirrer" (lines 16-28)
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Hacke, Karl Wilh.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History