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El Paso Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of El Paso County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, townships, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map to denote the addition of a creek and Monument Number 7. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

El Paso City Directory, 1921

Description: General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory of citizens, business and professional firms and corporations; a street directory; a complete record of the state government and its institutions, including members of the legislature; a directory of the city and county governments, churches, educational institutions, secret and benevolent so… more
Date: 1921
Creator: Hudspeth Directory Co.
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso County

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1921
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Sam Myres' El Maida Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the El Maida Temple in El Paso, Texas. The card has two bands of green with gold text; in the center, to the left of Myres' name is a round seal for the temple including an image of a star on a pyramid with the temple's name around it.
Date: January 1921
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. El Maida Temple (El Paso, Tex.)
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

El Paso Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1921
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.75 -106.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cleaning Device

Description: Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Irrigator

Description: Patent for an irrigator used to treat piles (hemorrhoids) and similar diseases. A nozzle delivers liquid to wash the surface of the mucus coating of the afflicted area, and then drains the liquid without obstructing the flow of the liquid. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Phillips, Edwin R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Snap Fastener

Description: Patent for a snap fastener for fastening snap buttons, hooks, and eyes. Intended to replace the need for sewing fasteners onto garments, particularly women's dresses
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Warrington, Samuel W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feed Spout Barrier

Description: Patent for "a feel spout barrier for slime thickeners, settling tanks, separating tanks and the like" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Allen, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fiber Extracting Machine

Description: Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Toupee and Wig Retainer

Description: A patent for a single-sided adhesive that holds a toupee or wig in place on the scalp without causing built-up residue to adhere to the wig.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Tapscott, John Christoper
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sprinkling Device

Description: Patent for a lawn sprinkling device composed of multiple pipes that are configured into one self-sufficient structure. The discharge nozzle is angular and can be adjusted to point in different lawn areas.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Gomez, Blas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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