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Wild Well Control

Description: Patent for a device to help get oil or gas wells back under control from a distance if they have developed excessive gas pressure which may cause fluid to blow out of the well or fires.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: Whitwam, Wallace W.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Receipt for a Cash Payment for Twenty Dollars]

Description: Receipt for the cash payment of twenty dollars and zero cents from Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company. On the back of the receipt shows the total amount of money remaining before the item becomes paid off totaling to $166
Date: July 3, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer - July 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer responding to an article Brewer published in the New York Times regarding the Soldier Ballot. Bradford states that other countries give their serviceman the right to vote, and references his own issues voting when he was in the service.
Date: July 17, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer with a Return Address - July 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Basil Brewer responding to an article Brewer published in the New York Times regarding the Soldier Ballot. Bradford states that other countries give their serviceman the right to vote, and references his own issues voting when he was in the service.
Date: July 17, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clippings Related to 1944 Democratic National Convention]

Description: Card with printed text "Bawl hell out of Dan Moody and Clint Small" attached to two newspaper clippings related to Texas delegates opposing support for the New Deal and F. D. Roosevelt being elected for a fourth presidential term. Names are underlined in red pencil on the card and in the clippings, and "Write Clint Small" is typewritten at the top of the text in the first clipping. Partial articles on the backs of the clipping describe news about World War II, in Guam and Hungary.
Date: 1944-07~
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing an editorial in the form of a glossary defining words for reactionaries. The definitions reflect the author's view of American culture at the time. A cartoon labelled "X-Ray of the Nationalist Brain" is featured next to the editorial. There are headlines for other articles on the back of the clipping.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: Lerner, Max
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Frank Hanighen to Alex Bradford, July 14, 1940]

Description: Letter from Frank Hanighen to Alex Bradford discussing how Frank is sorry for not being able to connect sooner. He thinks Alex's experiences as a oil fire fighter and other observations on things. Could be made into a book, he wants to speak more on the idea. Frank would like to hear from Alex soon.
Date: July 14, 1940
Creator: Hanighen, Frank
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Bill of Sale for a 1935 Chevrolet Panel Truck]

Description: Bill of Sale and Application for transfer between Kinsel Motor Company and Alex Bradford for a 1935 Chevrolet Panel Truck. Included in this bill of sale is a new license number, the engine’s identification number, and Alex Bradford’s Corpus Christi address.
Date: July 1, 1936
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Maintenance of Pumpers and Other Fire Apparatus

Description: Bulletin discussing firefighting pumping equipment and various types of maintenance to ensure that they will not fail, including descriptions of suggested tests to verify that they're operating within their parameters.
Date: July 15, 1944
Creator: National Board of Fire Underwriters. Committee on Fire Prevention and Engineering Standards.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letter from Jenness W. Brown to Alex Bradford - July 14, 1944]

Description: Letter from Jenness Brown to Alex Bradford discussing the favorable encounters in New York and the hopes that the two men can keep in touch. On the back of the first letter is a reply from Alex Bradford to Jenness Wm. Brown expressing his regret that he was unable to make time to visit him in New England. Mr. Bradford mentions that he is back in the United States and will shortly be traveling to New York. Finally, Mr. Bradford touches upon his recent travels throughout Europe.
Date: July 14, 1944
Creator: Brown, Jenness William
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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