[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929] (open access)

[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929]

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, including newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, telegrams and correspondence, images, and other ephemera.
Date: 1924~/1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. D. Cavin to J. Seinsheimer and H. Kempner, May 29, 1924] (open access)

[Letter from E. D. Cavin to J. Seinsheimer and H. Kempner, May 29, 1924]

Letter from E. D. Cavin to J. Seinsheimer and H. Kempner discussing the property taxes for an acreage of land bought at a Sheriff's sale. Mr. Cavin instructs the men to contact Mr. R. Lee Kempner for more information.
Date: May 29, 1924
Creator: Calvin, E. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Letter from Robert Lee Kempner, June 1, 1954] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from Robert Lee Kempner, June 1, 1954]

Inter-office letter from Robert Lee Kempner to other members of the Kempner family quoting a recent Banker's Digest legal column article and discussing the implications for when they might acquire other corporations.
Date: June 1, 1924
Creator: Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #8]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. A large steel beam structure fills the construction lot with a man standing on a gravel pile.
Date: February 16, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #12]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: 1924-05~
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #10]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures are placed a long the construction barrier and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: March 29, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #11]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: April 26, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #9]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large steel beam structure with people walking and riding bicycles along the street. Wood structures are placed a long the construction barrier and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: March 1, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #9]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures are placed a long the construction barrier and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: March 15, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #8]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures are placed a long the construction barrier and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: February 2, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building's Bank Lobby, #2]

Photograph of the bank entrance lobby inside the United States National Bank building. Viewed towards the entrance with paying and receiving teller windows banking both sides of the lobby.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Verkin Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #18]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large structure with people walking along the street. Building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: October 11, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #16]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: July 19, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of U.S. National Bank Building Construction]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: August 30, 1924
Creator: Verkin Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #14]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: June 21, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #15]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: July 5, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #13]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: May 10, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #17]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: August 2, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the United States National Bank Building's Conference Room]

Photograph of the public conference room inside the United States National Bank building for use of building tenants and organizations of the city. A large conference table with eight chairs sit in the middle of the room with a large arched window to the left and mirrored doors to the right.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Verkin Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #7]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures are placed a long the construction barrier and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: January 19, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building's Bank Lobby]

Photograph of the bank entrance lobby inside the United States National Bank building. Viewed towards the paying and receiving teller windows with Exchange, Foreign Exchange and Collection departments to the right.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Verkin Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History