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[Thaine Engle with a WBAP contest winner]

Description: Photograph of Thaine Engle with a WBAP contest winner. Engle is wearing a light colored suit with a patterned tie and is looking down at an envelope that he is handing the woman. The woman is wearing an ankle length floral dress with sheer sleeves and is grabbing the envelope. The pair is standing behind a Domestic 6 sewing machine that is sitting on a simple table in the middle of the room. A wooden chair is pulled out to the right of the machine and a desk is visible on the right side of the … more
Date: June 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thaine Engle handing out the prize for a WBAP contest]

Description: Photograph of Thaine Engle with a WBAP contest winner. Engle is wearing a light colored suit with a patterned tie and is holding one corner of an envelope and looking down at it. The woman is wearing an ankle length floral dress with sheer sleeves and she is holding the opposite corner of the envelope. The pair is standing behind a Domestic 6 sewing machine that is sitting on a simple table in the middle of the room. On the right side of the image, a desk with a chair pulled under it is visible… more
Date: June 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Matilda Dodd and Adelitia McGee to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, June 23, 1885]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Matilda Dodd and Adelitia "Dinkie" Dodd-McGee. Matilda begins her letter by stating that the family has received their letter and that she hopes they are well. She informs "Sis" and Charles of the health situation of Bettie. Dodd notes that she hopes "Sis" and Charles will be able to visit this year. She states that she hasn't not heard of any cholera cases in the United States yet and continues to discuss this illness. The… more
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Dodd, Matilda & McGee, Adelitia
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore]

Description: Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore in which she discusses the weather, crops, visits to and from family and friends, and her garden of vegetables and flowers. She says that it is so hot that horses are dieing while plowing the fields. She mentions sending a sample of cloth that she is using in her sewing. The last page of the letter has the imprint of a check pattern.
Date: June 29, 1890
Creator: McGee, Dinkie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Elizabeth Franklin to the Moore Family, June 17, 1898]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Elizabeth "Betty" Franklin and is addressed to the Moore family. In this letter, Franklin informs the Moore family on the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee. The news includes: a confirmation on the receipt of the Moore family's most recent letter, details about the weather agricultural news about the wheat harvest and updates on the corn,vegetable, and fruit harvests, a discussion about the well-being of family members, a di… more
Date: June 17, 1898
Creator: Franklin, Elizabeth
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Handicapped]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an award for handicapped achievement presented to Mrs. Daisy Mae Conroe, a woman partially paralyzed by polio who owns a Dallas sewing company.
Date: June 17, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Concentration by Joe De Mers

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, no. 52, a blonde woman sits cross-legged on the floor surrounded by tea and sewing supplies. She is following a magazine to embellish a straw garden hat with flowers, which she is holding up to examine intently. On the facing page, a dialogue between a model wearing a swimsuit and a man wearing a tan suit is taking place on a photo shoot set. The two individuals are surrounded by lights, chairs,… more
Date: June 1947
Creator: De Mers, Joe & Willis, Fritz
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Handicapped]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an award for handicapped achievement presented to Mrs. Daisy Mae Conroe, a woman partially paralyzed by polio who owns a Dallas sewing company.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Advertising suit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the state attorney general's office which filed suit against a Dallas firm, claiming deceptive advertising practices.
Date: June 7, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman sewing with Thaine Engle]

Description: Photograph of Thaine Engle sitting with a woman while she sews. Engle is wearing a light colored suit with a patterned tie and is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed at the knee. He is holding a folded paper in his right hand and is looking over at the woman who is sitting to the right of him. This woman has short, curly hair and is wearing a dark floral print dress with sheer sleeves. She is sitting at a sewing machine that is on a small table that has been pulled to the center of the roo… more
Date: June 25, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hats]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the production process for fashionable women's hats in Dallas.
Date: June 8, 1954
Duration: 3 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: China Exhibit]

Description: B-roll vdeo footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 15, 1986, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Sewing Machine Attachment

Description: Patent for a sewing machine attachment that "aims to provide an attachment for use in connection with any sewing machine combining means for hemming, tucking, and braiding, the several parts being adjustable to admit of making hems any width and tucks any size and distance apart, the device being simple and comprising a minimum number of parts" (lines 9-16). Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Fain, Eliza Jane
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thimble.

Description: Patent for an improved thimble that incorporates a thread-cutter tool.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Colburn, Sophia
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines

Description: Patent for embroidering arm attachment to be mounted on the needle-bar of a sewing machine with the embossing material passed through the needle eye so that it does not need to go through the presser-foot.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: Rodman, Rollin L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pattern Chart

Description: Patent for a pattern chart. This invention is a complete set of pattern-charts for cutting garments. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Northern, Mary Eva
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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