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[Pampa, Texas: A Ranching and Industrial City]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Pampa, Texas. At a ranch, cowboys drive cattle to branding. Visitors to the White Deer Land Museum look at period furniture, wagon parts, and arrowheads. At a military museum, a United States Army helicopter and an airplane are displayed outside. Indoors, a guide shows Nazi military knives, a P38 pistol, and other weapons to a visiting man and boy. An outdoor sculpture of a musical staff displays the opening measures of Wood… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 13 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Pampa, Texas: "Hang your hat at the top of Texas!"]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Pampa, Texas. The footage includes photos of Woody Guthrie, panoramas of the local landscape, recreational areas, a cowboy reciting lines to the camera, and a cook-out at a ranch house. First, the camera crew films old photographs of Woody Guthrie and Harris Drugs at a local museum. Then footage of park, residential, and ranch lands is shot. At a park, groups of people have a picnic, and children play soccer and on swings… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library

Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve for water hydrants, which can be easily drained.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Biggers, Samuel A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tractor Attachment

Description: Patent for a tractor attachment. The purpose of this attachment is to lift up the back wheels of the driving vehicle and improving the power of the vehicle.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Thomas, Samuel Shelby
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washer.

Description: Patent for a hinged washer, which can be removed from a bolt without removing the nut.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Vannoy, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rake.

Description: Patent for a rake with curved ends and multiple teeth that hold the material and keep it from going to the sides.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Green, Ella M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

File-Cabinet

Description: Patent for a filing cabinet to be used in retail stores and business places. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Ball, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pencil-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for an improved pencil sharpening attachment that attaches to the driving shaft of the motor of an electric fan. The fan serves the purpose of acting as a fan and sharpening a pencil.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Dodd, Chester C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Elevator

Description: Patent for improvements in portable elevator devices. It is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to other portable elevator devices, designed with the purpose of unloading trucks.
Date: April 30, 1919
Creator: Kees, Homer Robert & Thomas, Elbert Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative images, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Bexar District Comprises the Following Counties: Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Gray," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names Will H. Bonnell, L. L. Lacy, Deputies.
Date: 1895
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a new rotary engine containing a steam chest to hold fluid which flows into an exhaust chamber to reduce back pressure.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Rhoades, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beet Harvesting Machine

Description: Patent for a machine that will harvest beets with only two operatives and not made of "heavy construction." Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1913
Creator: Stone, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Headers

Description: Patent for improving attachments of headers to convert horse-drawn headers into motor headers.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Thomas, Samuel S. & Thomas, Elbert F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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