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[Board of Trade Building in early Texas City]

Description: A photograph of the Texas City Board of Trade building in the early 1900's. The building is three stories high with Texas City National Bank and Goodson Drugstore on the ground floor at the right of the building. On the front of the building are large letters spelling "BOARD OF TRADE". On the side of the building with the bank and drugstore entrances and the letters "T C E L & W C O". Five automobiles and parked around the building. A number of men dressed in suits and hats are gathered out… more
Date: [1907..1908]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[No Use In Crying Over Spilled Eggs]

Description: Color postcard with an image of an automobile driving down a dirt road towards a woman walking on foot with a basket full of eggs. She is dropping the basket as the eggs are spilling out. A dog is running from the automobile, startling the woman. Handwritten on the front of the postcard is, "No use in crying over spilled eggs - Rosa Louise. Don't do it - Don't cry at all. A.M.". The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla on Apr 12, 1… more
Date: 1907~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

First Garza County Court

Description: Photograph of the first Garza County Court. There are several men seated and standing in front of a canvas tent. All of the men are wearing hats and some are wearing neckties and some vests. In the front row, left to right are: S.C. Wilkes, L.F. Barrow, Walter Roy, and a Mr. Davis. In the back row, left to right: W.E. Alexander, Hal Murrey, Bud Boren, B.F. Wilkes and Oscar Kelly. In the middle of the frame is an old automobile with people in it. On the left side of the frame is a covered … more
Date: July 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of the Fort Worth sewage department]

Description: Photograph of the original Fort Worth sewage department, where many automobiles and horse-drawn buggies are parked outside the department's building. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Original Ft. Worth Sewage." As a civil engineer, Byrd Williams Jr. documented construction projects happening around the cities he worked.
Date: [1907..1920]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of New Bedford Central Fire Station, New Bedford, Mass.]

Description: Postcard of the New Bedford Central Fire Station, with the firemen in two horse-drawn vehicles and one automobile. The three vehicles are parked in front of a garage with three doors, each labeled (from left to right) "Hose No. 1", "Hose No. 3", and "Ladder No. 1." There is a handwritten message to George Pendexter on the back of the postcard, and it says, "[...] I prefer Fire Dept. cards but any you send will be very acceptable [...]"
Date: November 18, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from L. H. Woods to George Pendexter, May 10, 1907]

Description: Postcard from L. H. Woods to George Pendexter regarding the parade in the photograph; according to Woods this is the Fiesta Parade on May 10, 1907. The local fire department and their decorated floats are passing through the parade in this picture; their floats appear to be fake burning buildings being pulled by two horses draped in decorative blankets.
Date: May 10, 1907
Creator: Woods, L. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Car Going Down Hill]

Description: Postcard of a blue car rolling down a hill with three passengers - a woman and two men. In the next panel, all three are sitting on the hill, having crashed the car. The note in the corner adds "Motor car for sale Very Fast on Hills - (Down)." The back of the postcard contains a short note, "Hello Mamie write me soon, with love Sig," addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave Huntington W. Va."
Date: August 1, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Description: Patent for an internal combustion engine for multi-cylinder engines, which has automatically opening valves powered by the exhaust gas.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Thomas, Percy Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilating System for Vehicles.

Description: Patent for a ventilation system for closed moving vehicles that is run off of the motion of the vehicle from the roadway surface or a motor and has air pipes for taking out stale air and bringing in fresh air.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheelwright-Machine

Description: Patent for a hand-operated wheelwright machine designed for drilling the tires of a vehicle for means of holding tire retaining bolts.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Robbins, James M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor-Vehicle.

Description: Patent for "improving the construction of motor vehicles, especially the running gear...and to provide a strong and durable construction adapted to afford a sufficient support for the motor and driving gears at a point beneath the body of the vehicle and between the front and rear axles where a load can be carried to greatest advantage" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators.

Description: Patent for a tool "for truing and dressing the commutators of dynamo motors... especially designed for truing and dressing the commutators of motors employed for propelling cars" (lines 9-14).
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Laminated Tire.

Description: Patent for a laminated tire for automobiles that is less rigid than previous tires and is easily built and repaired.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Carhart, John Wesley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a steel wheel with springs for automobiles that reduces jarring, is affordable, and does not get damaged as easily as the pneumatic tires previously in use on automobiles.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Tubbs, William Oscar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Producer

Description: Patent for a gas producing apparatus that can be used for cars, factories, shops, or even cities. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Gamer, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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