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[Photograph 2012.201.B0919.0168]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mount Vesuvius near Naples, Italy."
Date:
June 18, 1929
Creator:
Pacific and Atlantic Photos
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Newsmap. Monday, October 18, 1943 : week of October 7 to October 14, 214th week of the war, 96th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Central Italy, Italy, Azores, Air offensive, Norway, Southwest Pacific, Wake. Large world map shows United Nations, Axis and Axis occupied areas, countries with Axis relations broken, and neutral countries. Includes inset maps: Eastern Europe, Roads to Rome, the globe, Scene of combined operations in the southwest Pacific. Photographs: Burma bombing campaign, Modern road to Rome, Wake Island, Tailgunner Sergt. Harris Goldberg of Brookline, Mass. Back: Photographic view of the world with the center at Tokyo, Japan. Includes instructions for using a detachable scale that, when centered on Tokyo, measures distances along any line running through Tokyo.
Date:
October 18, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, January 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on January 18, 1944. He discusses letters he's received, and asks to be sent candy and pecans.
Date:
January 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 18, 1944. He says he bought a war bond and sent it home, and that he's going to visit Wilbur Crawford in the hospital soon. He got a lighter, a box of pecans, and the film sent from home. He asks after his parents' broken ice box, and says it might be hard to get a new one.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 18, 1944. The weather is beautiful in Italy, and he missed the sunshine. He mentions getting a letter from his aunt Sallie Letitia Willis, and asks what good her MA degree will do her.
Date:
March 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 18, 1944. He is glad they decided not to sell the house, and offers to help fixing it up when he gets back. He tells of meeting up with a friend, and getting a letter from his aunt asking about the Red Cross.
Date:
May 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 18, 1944. This letter is marked Letter 2 of 2. Willis and a friend went swimming recently, and plan to go again soon. It rained a lot the day before this letter was written, but Willis assures his parents that his tent didn't leak at all. A friend sends well wishes to Willis' mother, and Willis tells them to be on the lookout for magazines he is sending home.
Date:
June 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 18, 1944. This letter is marked Letter 1 of 2. He apologizes for not writing for a few days because he lost his pen. He mentions that his hair was burned, and, although it doesn't look so good, it's easier to take care of. He promises to have some pictures made to show them. He bought two sets of cameos for his mother and aunt, but tells his mother if she wants them all he'll just buy some more for his aunt.
Date:
June 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James M. Kendrick to Clara Willis, July 18, 1944]
Letter from James M. Kendrick to Clara Willis on July 18, 1944, asking after her health. He suggests car rides as a means of convalescence, going on to say that he believes he's outgrown them and he hasn't been sick in a while. He goes on to describe the rain and the effect it's had on his tent and the ground where he's stationed. He asks after Clara's son Todd, imagining him in Rome sight-seeing. He tells his aunt to get his mother to settle down, and asks after the rest of the family.
Date:
July 18, 1944
Creator:
Kendrick, James M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 262nd week of the war, 144th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts : France, Eastern front, Philippines, Italy, China. Maps: Europe; Where American 3rd and 7th armies joined forces [France-Germany]; Central Asia: China attacks/Jap drives/B-29 target [markers on a map of China near Chungking]; [Advances in Italy and the Balkans]. Photographs: Sgt. Lewis F. Clancy talks over old times with Petit Victor in Oise, France; B-24 Liberators are hit and downed by Luftwaffe in Austria. Back: A chronological series of maps illustrate the conquest and liberation of France [1939-1944]. Includes photograph: French children salute and wave at soldiers in an armored tank.
Date:
September 18, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 275th week of the war, 157th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western front battle, Pressure on Budapest, German attack in Italy, Ormoc Falls: B-20s active, Far Eastern front. Maps: European front, The Saar, Hungarian front, Pacific action, Leyte area. Back: Text highlights "Preventive Maintenance" and describes the need to take care of ordnance equipment and "keep 'em rolling." Illustrations of 18 types of mobile ordnance are labeled.
Date:
December 18, 1944
Creator:
[United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Gaynes at Brenner Pass]
Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes kneeling by a sign at Brenner Pass in Italy.
Date:
June 18, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers at Brenner Pass]
Photograph of Lt. Albert Gaynes and several other soldiers standing by a pole at Brenner Pass in Italy. The pole reads "ALIATI" rather than "Italia" because the photo was printed backwards.
Date:
June 18, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, July 18, 1945]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on July 18, 1945. He explains how he and some friends have taken over two empty rooms in the shop they run for the military, and how because of this they live like officers. He tells about going on a picnic with a German secretary and her family, and an American-born Italian girl he met there. He also tells an anecdote about going to a co-worker's house to have dinner. He explains how the military weeded out Nazis from German POWs.
Date:
July 18, 1945
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, September 18, 1952]
Letter from Oakleigh L. Thorne to Jeane Kempner wishing her a happy birthday and discussing various bits of family and world news.
Date:
September 18, 1952
Creator:
Thorne, Oakleigh L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Maurice J. Sullivan, September 18, 1953]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Maurice J. Sullivan discussing work that was done on Kempner's house and news about The Woman's Home.
Date:
September 18, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to D. W., Jeane, and Gladys Kempner, September 18, 1953]
Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to D. W., Jeane, and Gladys Kempner discussing some personal news and some business-related updates.
Date:
September 18, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to D. W., Jeane, and Gladys Kempner, September 18, 1953]
Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to D. W., Jeane, and Gladys Kempner discussing some personal news and some business-related updates.
Date:
September 18, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Message from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Harris Kempner, May 18, 1954]
Internal correspondence from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to Harris Kempner asking Kempner to confirm if the charges in an attached letter from Mattoili and Ghedini are correct.
Date:
May 18, 1954
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lee Guth, May 18, 1956]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lee Guth of the Continental-American Travel, Inc., New York, regarding the details of a corrected itinerary for a trip to Europe dated May 16th.
Date:
May 18, 1956
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Hotel Grand Borromees, July 18, 1956]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Hotel Grand Borromees, Stresa, Italy, confirming a hotel reservation for a suite of rooms made by Continental American Travel, Inc., at the hotel for August 18, 1956 and asking the hotel to also make a reservation for a chauffeur who will be accompanying the party.
Date:
July 18, 1956
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Miss Lee Guth, March 18, 1957]
Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Miss Lee Guth discussing her itinerary for her summer trip to Europe including decisions regarding hotels, destinations, and transportation she still needs to plan.
Date:
March 18, 1957
Creator:
Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fred H. Rayner to Harris Leon Kempner, May 18, 1959]
Letter from Fred H. Rayner to Harris Leon Kempner enclosing a copy of letter regarding export subsidy, and a clipping that his father has requested. Then he goes on talking about the cotton business.
Date:
May 18, 1959
Creator:
Rayner, Fred H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Sandy, and Shrub, December 30, 1963]
Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Sandy, and Shrub regarding the events happening in their life. He mentions about breaking ties with one of their agents, and postponement of their New York, and Durham trip. In the end he also asks Shrub if he got the $100 he mailed.
Date:
October 18, 1963
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History