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Chain-Steamer.

Description: Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Fishermen in Boat]

Description: Photograph of a Glastron boat and fishermen on the water of Lake Austin. One man can be seen driving the boat, while a young boy in a cowboy hat rides in the front. Three men can be seen in the back of the boat with fishing poles in hand. The shore can be seen in the background.
Date: August 5, 1961
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trailer laws]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about changes in Texas’ Farm and Boat trailer laws.
Date: October 13, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sunken treasure]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about testimony to be given surrounding artifacts surrounding a sunken Spanish ship.
Date: November 1, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trailer laws]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about changes in Texas’ Farm and Boat trailer laws.
Date: October 13, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boat on Lake]

Description: Photograph of a boat in the water at the lake. John W. Gainer was a partner in the Hammerman and Gainer Insurance Company in Austin.
Date: April 19, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Boat on Lake]

Description: Photograph of a man drving a boat on the lake. John W. Gainer was a partner in the Hammerman and Gainer Insurance Company in Austin.
Date: April 19, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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