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[Pages from Catalog Listing Educational Aids]

Description: Partial listing of slides and film that can be rented or purchased as visual aids to teach about topics related to first aid and fire protection. Each entry describes the type of visual materials and availability, with a brief description of the content. There are handwritten circles in red pencil around the titles for "Fire" and "Fire Protection, Modern Magic in."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Men Near Farm Pond]

Description: Photograph of two men standing on a low wooden structure at right, below a pipe that is spraying water toward a farm pond or pool that is partially visible at left. There appear to be people working on farmland in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Man Standing Near Water Pipe]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man looking toward the camera, standing to the right of a farm pond or pool that is being filled by a pipe partially visible at left, suspended at a height and emptying into a trough connected to the pool. An open field is visible in the background. Handwritten numbers and a sketch of a face are on the back.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Portrait of Unidentified Girl]

Description: Studio portrait of a young girl seated in front of a textured backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored, short-sleeved, knee-length dress decorated with ruffles and she is posing with her hands resting next to her knees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Signed]

Description: Legal document assigning rights of the "Eclipse" quilting frame to L. D. Major, allowing him to sell the invention in “all of the states and territory of the United States _east_ of the Mississippi River, _except_ the states of _New York and Pennsylvania_.” A smaller statement is affixed with a seal, noting that the assignment has been registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
Date: {1897-05-19,1897-10-14}
Creator: Major, John H.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Order Form for Typhoon Super-Charger]

Description: Blank form to order the Typhoon Super-Charger, a mechanism that can be installed in a car to change air flow into the carburetor. It includes spaces to note the buyer's address, car specifications, and method of payment, with text regarding the 10-day trial period.
Date: unknown
Creator: Typhoon Products Company Incorporated
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Form Designating Sales Agents for the Great Diamond Quilter]

Description: Form document outlining the terms of an arrangement for Washington B. Click to authorize someone to become a sales agent for the "Great Diamond Quilter," an invention patented (596,616) by W. B. & Isaac A. Click. The document includes blank lines to fill in information about the seller and locations where the agent can make sales. Above the text, there is an illustration of a man seated at a large quilting machine, being watched by a woman on either side and a man in the background.
Date: 1896/1899~
Creator: Click, Washington B.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Typhoon Super-Chargers

Description: Pamphlet advertising a mechanism that can be installed in cars to "super charge" their performance by affecting the flow of air into the carburetor. It includes illustrations along with descriptions of what the component does and how it works, as well as installation and maintenance information.
Date: unknown
Creator: Typhoon Products Company Incorporated
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Average Head - Capacity Curve: Hale Universal Pumper

Description: Detailed intersecting line-graph that shows a motor’s revolution per minute (R.P.M) and the head capacity of a generator. The left side of the graph shows the “Pressure in Pounds per Square Inch” starting at 80 and increases by 20 until 280. On the right side of the graph portrays the Motor and Pump R.P.M starting at 2000 and increasing by 100 until 3400.
Date: June 21, 1937
Creator: Hale Fire Pump Co., Inc.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Rules of Practice of the United States Patent Office

Description: Booklet outlining the rules related to the grant of U.S. patents for inventions, including explanations of the relevant regulations and forms. This edition includes the text published in 1892, with preceding text for updates and revisions through October 1895. There are a number of handwritten notes and markings in this copy. Index starts on page 95.
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: United States. Patent Office.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Letter to C. A. Snow Attorneys - March 1896]

Description: Letter written to patent attorneys C. A. Snow & Co. inquiring about a patent application for an invention using winding springs to store energy. It asks for the opinion of the attorneys regarding a possible title for the invention and other details about the process.
Date: March 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Clipping: Ace Sleuths]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring an illustrated comic “Ace Sleuths” featuring J. Frank Norfleet of the Hale Center, Texas tracking down five confidence men who swindled $80,000 of his money. On the back of the illustrated comic there is an article describing a 1937 murder case and an advertisement.
Date: 1937
Creator: Allen, Stookie
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Specifications for Engine Model 3-71]

Description: Schematics with three different views of an engine denoting several technical aspects of the three (3) cylinder five (5) stroke engine. Specific annotations include a 3 1/4 O.D. Exhaust Pipe, the approximate center of gravity, the engine CPLG. face, the clutch lever, and the instrument panel and controls. Along with these specific annotations numerical annotations are seen denoting specific distances parts should be manufactured.
Date: March 22, 1938
Creator: General Motors Sales Corporation
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Specifications for Engine Model 4-71]

Description: Schematics with three different views of an engine denoting several technical aspects of the four (4) cylinder five (5) stroke engine. Specific annotations include a 3 1/4 O.D. Exhaust Pipe, the approximate center of gravity, the engine CPLG. face, the clutch lever, and the instrument panel and controls. Along with these specific annotations numerical annotations are seen denoting specific distances parts should be manufactured.
Date: March 22, 1938
Creator: General Motors Sales Corporation
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Specifications for Engine Model 6-71]

Description: Schematics with three different views of an engine denoting the 3 1/4 inch exhaust pipe, the approximate center of gravity, the engine CPLG face, the clutch lever, and the instrument panel & controls. In addition to these annotations specifications for sizes are marked with all numbers being designed inches.
Date: March 22, 1938
Creator: General Motors Sales Corporation
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Specifications for Hood Fire Protection no. D-52Y]

Description: Schematics with a front facing view and side view of the fire protection hood denoting the complete assembly and the heat mask & skull guard assembly. In addition to the two full size technical drawings, a third smaller cross-section drawing of the seam construction is visible in the top right corner. Each portion of this technical drawing has specific measurements used for the construction of this piece of safety gear.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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