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Abdominal Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved supporter for the abdomen during pregnancy. This design "consists of an abdominal sack for the support of the abdomen in pregnancy, which is contrived with supporting-bands adapted for supporting it from the shoulders of the wearer, where the weight can be best sustained, and so as to entirely avoid the belt commonly used, and thus relieve the stomach and liver from the pressure and irritation which it produces" (lines 7-15).
Date:
September 11, 1883
Creator:
Galney, Augustus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement and Receipt for Star Drug Store, February 1949]
Account statement prepared for Jeane Bertig Kempner by Star Drug Store listing previous balance, itemized charges, credits, and balance due. Receipt from Star Drug Store confirming they received payment of $19.23 from Jeane Bertig Kempner.
Date:
March 11, 1949
Creator:
Star Drug Store
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement for B'Nai B'Rith District 7 Convention, July 11, 1963]
Account statement prepared for H. Kempner by B'nai B'rith International listing charges and total balance.
Date:
July 11, 1963
Creator:
B'nai B'rith International
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement for Railway Express Agency Incorporated, June 11, 1952]
Account statement for items sold to Daniel Webster Kempner by Railway Express Agency Incorporated, including the charges and the total. Handwritten note " Paid 6-12-52 ck # 48854204. "
Date:
June 11, 1952
Creator:
Railway Express Agency Incorporated
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Account Statement: Henri Bendel, July 1956]
Account statement for items sold to Mrs. D. W. Kempner by Henri Bendel including details of the previous balance, payments made, and balance due. Included is a detached payment stub stamped "Paid."
Date:
July 11, 1956
Creator:
Henri Bendel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, January 11, 1953]
Statement initialed by D. W. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: .18 Charges to my account."
Date:
January 11, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, November 11, 1953]
Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, November 11, 1953]
Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, November 11, 1953]
Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 1 Charges to my account."
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Authorization for Club Charges, November 11, 1953]
Statement initialed by H. L. Kempner authorizing charges at a Galveston club with the text: "To the Trustee: 4 Charges to my account."
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Balinese Room]
Photograph of the Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas.
Date:
November 11, 1996
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bay Area Citizen in a Holiday Parade]
Photograph of a group of people representing the Bay Area Citizen, a local newspaper, in the parade for the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights. Two individuals leading in the front of the group are holding a banner that reads, "There's more in the Bay Area in The Citizen." The procession is moving down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3 until finally stopping at Walter Hall Park.
Date:
December 11, 1987
Creator:
Kiecke, Albert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beverage Bill from the Galveston Artillery Club, November 11, 1953]
Ticket for charges made at Galveston Artillery Club, including 2 cigars at the cafe costing $1.00. Signed by Harris Leon Kempner.
Date:
November 11, 1953
Creator:
Galveston Artillery Club
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring and Mortising Machine.
Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date:
July 11, 1848
Creator:
Swingle, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. O. D. Package Notice from Geo. J. Ball, Inc.]
Postcard to Daniel W. Kempner from Geo. J. Ball, Inc. explaining that a cash on delivery package has been mailed and indicating amount of the charge.
Date:
April 11, 1949
Creator:
Geo. J. Ball, Inc.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck.
Patent for a new and improved car-truck. This design "relates to railway-car trucks; and it consists in providing the axle inside the wheel with a supplementary journal and shoulder and a supplementary journal-box supported above the inside journal by the truck-frame, said supplementary journal-box being immediately over the inside journal and arranged so as to support the truck on the inside journal should the outside journal become broken or inoperative by means of a hot box or otherwise" (lines 10-20).
Date:
September 11, 1888
Creator:
Tull, Francis Shalis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Uncoupling Device.
Patent for a new and improved uncoupling device for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head provided with a vertically-movable coupling-pin support and lifting frame, a spring holding the coupling-pin support in raised position, a catch for holding the pin-support in lowered position, and a lever mechanism for releasing the catch and effecting the uncoupling of a car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Ventilator.
Patent for a new and improved car-ventilator. This design consists in "an eduction pipe arranged lengthwise of the car" (lines 103-104). It further consists in a casing "at the end of the pipe, the fan-wheel mounted upon a shaft within said casing, [another] casing arranged adjacent to the [first] casing, a fan-wheel arranged within [a third] casing upon an extension of the shaft, and valves in the eduction pipe, to be opened and closed by the air" (lines 1-7).
Date:
October 11, 1887
Creator:
Tull, Francis Shalis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catholic Church Float in a Holiday Parade]
Photograph of a float featuring a large replica of St. Mary Mission Catholic Church, an old church in League City, complete with a bell tower and faux stained-glass windows. Just above the windows is the text, "MISSION." The float is in the parade for the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights, which is proceeding down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3 and ultimately stopping at Walter Hall Park.
Date:
December 11, 1987
Creator:
Kiecke, Albert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check from Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner to Straus Frank Co., September 11, 1948]
Check from Henrietta Leonora Blum Kempner to Straus Frank Co. for $19.27 through The United States National Bank of Galveston.
Date:
September 11, 1948
Creator:
Kempner, Henrietta Leonora Blum
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Guaranty Bank, January 11, 1963]
Check from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Guaranty Bank for $14,002.76 through United States National Bank along with it's outgoing collection form.
Date:
January 11, 1963
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children Marching in a Holiday Parade]
Photograph of children marching in the parade for the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights. They are moving along as a large crowd down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3, eventually stopping at Walter Hall Park for the festivities. A majority of the children are dressed similarly in blue jeans and either red or white jackets, t-shirts, or sweaters. Accompanying the children are a few adults also dressed in blue jeans.
Date:
December 11, 1987
Creator:
Kiecke, Albert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Choir Float in a Holiday Parade]
Photograph of a float in the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights parade. The float features a large banner stretched across the side, although only a portion of the text is visible. A brown and taupe pick-up truck is hauling the float, which carries a large group of teenage passengers, some of whom are standing in the bed of the truck. The parade procession is traveling down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3 until culminating in Walter Hall Park.
Date:
December 11, 1987
Creator:
Kiecke, Albert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Civic Vehicles in a Holiday Parade]
Photograph of League City civic vehicles cruising as part of the parade procession in the first annual League City Holiday Festival of Lights. A green Jeep leads in front with several fire trucks following close behind. A man in a green jacket is visible standing up in the Jeep. The procession is traveling down Farm to Market Road 518 and Highway 3, eventually stopping at Walter Hall Park.
Date:
December 11, 1987
Creator:
Kiecke, Albert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History