Serial/Series Title

States

[Photograph of Soldiers on Horseback]

Photograph of four soldiers posed on horseback. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Me -- Shipp -- Tipsword -- Reed -- Somewhere in Europe -- 1944."
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ruins at Hellenstein Castle]

Photograph of the ruins at Hellenstein Castle in eastern Germany. A path is shown leading up to a stone archway with a tall stone structure in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rasmussen, Everitt J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Wagon Maker]

Postcard of a wagon maker working on a wooden wheel while two U.S. Army soldiers walk behind him with extended rifles. A caption below the photo reads, "This Walter Hill, Tenn. wagon maker is too busy to watch the maneuvers."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fountain Sculpture]

Photograph of a fountain sculpture depicting a nude boy in the town square of an unidentified German city.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Castle Complex]

Photograph of several large buildings and a garden space with a gazebo fortified behind a stone wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Castle]

Photograph taken from a walking path of a stone castle visible from behind trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Houses and Farm Land]

Photograph of multistory houses ascending up on a mountainside in an unidentified German town. People can be seen farming in a field in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Pamphlet for Lee H. Kropff] (open access)

[Funeral Pamphlet for Lee H. Kropff]

Program for the funeral of Lee H. Kropff, who was born July 9, 1921, and died March 16, 1965 at the age of forty-three. The funeral was held at Prentice & Company Funeral Home, officiated by Lake L. Walker and Fred E. Dunn. He was buried in Northlawn Memorial Gardens in Northfield, Ohio.
Date: March 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Crossing Danube Sign]

Photograph of a roadside sign in Dillingen, Germany that reads, "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of 12th Armored Division -- 119th Armored Engineer."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Main Street]

Photograph of a side view of an unidentified German city main street, showing various shops and restaurants with citizens walking along the sidewalk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sgt. Oliver Johnson]

Photograph of Sergeant Oliver Johnson, visible from the knees up, wearing a German uniform. The ocean appears to be in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary for Lee H. Kropff] (open access)

[Obituary for Lee H. Kropff]

Obituary for Lee H. Kropff, who was buried with military rites. He died at the age of forty-three at Barberton Citizens Hospital in Barberton, Ohio, survived by his wife and three sons.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of German Town]

Aerial photograph of an unidentified German town, showing a large church, homes, factories, and farm land in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History