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[News Script: Crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a grain truck and a car colliding west of Sinton and killing five individuals including a small child.
Date: July 8, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Crowd in Front of an Open Church Entrance]

Description: Photograph of a group of Hispanic church-goers standing in a crowd in front of the entrance to their church. Most of the people in the group are facing the church, and there are a couple more smaller groups scattered throughout the image. The church building has a tall belfry that is connected to the double-door entrance and cut off at the top of the image. The building continues along the back right-hand side of the image, where there is another back entrance. There is a car parked in front of… more
Date: March 29, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Bus Parallel Parked in Front of a Church]

Description: Photograph of a bus parallel parked on a dirt road in front of a small wood-slatted church. The bus, which has curtains on the inside of the windows, has large lettering on the side that reads, "Missouri Pacific Trailways", "A Service Institution", and "National Trailways Bus System". The church, which is in the background behind the bus, spans the entire image. It has a tall belfry that is cut off at the top of the image. A covered parking area is visible on the far left-hand side of the image… more
Date: March 29, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Crowd and a Parked Bus in Front of an Open Church Entrance]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of Hispanic church-goers standing in front of a church entrance. The crowd is made up of men, women, and children gathered into small, clustered groups. The church is a wood-slatted building with a row of windows on the right-hand side. It has a tall belfry that is attached to the open double-door entrance and cut off at the top edge of the image. A covered parking area is visible in the background on the far left-hand side of the image. There is a dirt road in the foregro… more
Date: March 29, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Taft Market #1]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man in a light-colored apron, dark-colored boots, and a bowtie standing outside of Taft Market and holding two large knives. Two cars are parked along the left side of the building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Green Avenue Shopping Area

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Green Avenue in Taft, TX. The area appears to be busy with traffic and people at a large market. A line of tents and awnings is set up along the side of the road. Many people are walking along the row of tents. Several vehicles are parked on the street in front of the people and tents.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Busy Commercial Street

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of several stores along a street in Taft, TX. A row of cars is parked in front of the stores. The store on the far left is labeled, "Cage Hardware Company." The business to its right is the "First State Bank." The business on the far right appears to be a restaurant with several food and drink signs on the facade.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Green Hotel

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the Green Hotel in Taft, TX. The hotel is a large, white home with a wrap-around porch. The house is three stories high. A large grove of trees is to the left, next to the porch. A street runs in front of the hotel. Several cars are parked on the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Overland Car

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an Overland Car Company vehicle in a pasture in San Patricio County, TX. The car is an older model vehicle with a fabric, retractable top. Several houses are shown in the background behind the car. Two women are seated in the vehicle's back seat. One of the women has a child on her lap. A man is seated in the front, passenger seat. No one is seated in the driver's seat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Family on Outing

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an a family on an outing in San Patricio County, TX. The family is shown around an older, black car. He is standing with his hands leaning on the passenger-side door to the car. A young girl is standing on the foot board along the car's side. She is holding on to the brace supporting the fabric car top. A woman with a child on her lap is shown in the back seat of the car. Several buildings are slightly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Family in Velie Brand Automobile

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a family in a car. According to accompanying information, the car is a Velie. A man wearing a white hat is seated in the driver's seat. A woman in a white dress, with her arm around a child, is seated in the seat behind him. Two other people, of unknown gender and age are seated in the front and back passenger side of the car.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portland Train Depot

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the train depot in Portland, TX. The depot is a long, wooden building with a high roof. Several chimneys are shown protruding from the roof. A large pole is shown in front of the depot. A group of men and women is standing in front of the depot by the railroad tracks. Several pieces of luggage are piled near the group of people.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Old Custer House

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the Old Custer House at the corner of Houston and 5th Streets in Portland, TX. The house is a tall, two story building with a covered porch. The top of the porch is a balcony for the second story. Several power poles run by the house. A tall Texaco sign is in the foreground. In front of it, a man in a white jump suit is standing on the seat of a motorcycle. Something illegible is written on the man's back.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

La Quinta Mansion

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an area identified as the La Quinta Mansion near Portland, TX. A large two-story house is shown on the far right of the image. Farther back, beyond this house is another building with tower on its left. A group of four men and women are standing in front of a vehicle in the foreground. Another man wearing a hat is still seated in the car The car is parked on a dirt road leading to the large house on the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 27.881670 -97.266086
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portland Cafe

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of group of motorcycle bikers in front of a cafe in Portland, TX. The bikes are shown lined up along the left side of the image. On the right side of the street, several cars are parked along the curb. The Portland Cafe is in the background. Its sign is visible over the heads of the bikers. Several large palm trees are also shown in the image background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Old Arnold Hotel Opening Day Festivities]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of opening day festivities at Old Arnold Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the porch and balcony of the two-story building. One car is parked outside the left of the building, and two cars are parked outside the right of the building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Group Outside of Ford Building]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a crowd of people posing outside of the Ford Building in Taft, Texas. In the center of the crowd, there is a car with text on the side that says "Twenty Millionth Ford." In the background, there is a brick building with a sign in a window that says "Twenty Millionth Ford."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Sander's Garage]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an exterior view of Sander's Garage in Taft, Texas. A car is parked underneath an awning extending from the front of the building. Three gas pumps are at the end of the awning, and a sign that says "Change" is hanging from the top. Strings of flags are hanging from the sides of the awning. To the left of the image, there is a sign that says "[R]est [R]oom."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Group of Women at La Quinta Hotel]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of women standing outside of the La Quinta Hotel. The building is two-stories tall with a balcony stretching the width of the building. To the right behind the women, there are two cars. The hotel was built in 1906-07, and was the home of Joseph F. Green. He provided a place to entertain hundreds of dignitaries who were visiting the ranch during that time.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[View of Businesses]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a street in Gregory, Texas with Taft Ranch, a garage, Green Hotel, and Taft Ranch Office building (built in 1912) along it. Several cars are parked and people are gathered in the street outside of the garage. A sign on the building says "Garage."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Hoist

Description: Patent for a hoist for lifting motor vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: McCoy, Henry L. & Boatright, William B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Four-Wheel Drive.

Description: Patent for improvements in four-wheel driving, which uses a "novel flexible driving connection for the steering wheels." Citation: Hodges, Eugene C. Four-Wheel Drive., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Hodges, Eugene C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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