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["Daylight Special" at Chicago Central Station]

One of the Illinois Central's de luxe passenger trains; the "Daylight Special" train No. 19 southbound, stands in the Central Station in Chicago - as passengers entrain - prior to the departure hour : 10:02 AM. This train (and its companion, No. 20 northbound) operated between Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis. The rail distance was 294.17 miles; and the schedule was 7 hours and 44 minutes: equivalent to a running time of about 40 miles per hour. This photograph was taken in the summer of … more

Date: 1911

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Postcard of New Post Office Building in Chicago]

Postcard of a large white complex with an orange domed roof and American flag flying from the top. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Beaumont, Tex."

Date: September 5, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Headlight-Shade.

Patent for a headlight shade which can be pulled down to block the high beam headlights of a train or car when there is an oncoming train or car.

Date: July 18, 1911

Creator: Green, John R.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bookbinding

This is a letter patent for the bookbinding invention as a means for holding books, pamphlets, catalogs, and other similar paper materials together. The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to place additional material inside the same covers, and with the original contents of a book without breaking or tearing the binding.

Date: June 22, 1911

Creator: Robinson, Edward K.