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[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen standing in front of the Childress fire station. Some of the men are wearing fireman hats and they are all dressed in suites or in collared shirts with ties. Two horse-drawn wagons are standing behind the line of volunteers. There is a water tower in the background and buildings on both sides of the fire station.
Date: 1915
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Mouse Guard for Pianos

Description: Patent for a pivoting flap device to block access of mice to the interior of the piano through the space beneath the pedals.
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door Opener

Description: Patent for "improved door opener for automobiles constructed particularly to enable the driver to control any of the doors and open any such selectively at pleasure without leaving his seat." (lines 8-12).
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Hyland, George O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blow-Off Cock

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in “blow-off cocks for use on locomotive and other boilers,” (line 9-11), including an illustration.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Roach, John L. & Dawson, Lance L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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