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Arc-Lamp Headlight

Description: Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Decorated for the Parade

Description: Photograph of an automobile decorated for a street parade, part of the celebration for the Taylor Fair, July 4, 1909. Louise Grau is the little girls in the back seat. Picture taken at Grau residence backyard, located 505 Washburn Street, Taylor.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[G. Ave., Douglas , Arizona]

Description: Postcard of G Avenue in Douglas, Arizona. Street scene of G Avenue. An electric street car/trolley is seen moving along G Avenue. Right of the image is the Bank of Douglas established in 1902.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[G. Ave., Douglas , Arizona]

Description: Postcard of G Avenue in Douglas, Arizona. Street scene of G Avenue. An electric street car/trolley is seen moving along G Avenue. Right of the image is the Bank of Douglas established in 1902.
Date: 1909~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photograph of Emory Ambler in Car]

Description: Photograph of Emory T. Amber sitting in the back seat of his Rambler parked along the curb of the street. Caption note on the back of the photo reads, “Emory T. Ambler with his chauffeur in a Rambler, 1226 Pennsylvania Avenue, about 1909.”
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Ernest O. Thompson, Overland Automobiles 1909

Description: Photograph four old automobiles with drivers parked in front of a dealerships. The tops are down and the drivers wear suits, two with caps, one with a cowboy hat and one with goggles. Behind the cars is a wooden building with a sign that reads, "Ernest O. Thompson Overland Automobiles". Next to that is a lumber yard with the words, "Amarillo Lumber & Coal" painted on the roof.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of a Fire Engine, Hartford, Conn.]

Description: Postcard of three fire fighters manning an auto fire engine. Two citizens are seen spectating in the background on the right. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Ms. G. E. Dayton of New Haven informed me you were collecting fire Dept. So here is one. Hope you have not got one like it; she is collect jumbo. She is a powerful [...], as well as a thing of beauty.
Date: May 19, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire Station, Joplin, Missouri]

Description: Postcard of the Joplin Fire Department in four automobile fire engines outside of their station's garage. The vehicles are equipped (separately) with ladders, hoses, and water tanks. A note at the side of the postcard says, "Built and installed by the Webb Motor Fire Apparatus Company. Vincennes, Indiana. U. S. A"
Date: January 15, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of the Flying Squadron at Springfield, Mass.]

Description: Postcard of the Springfield Fire Department in four automobiles at a fire station. The station's garage doors (from left to right) are labeled, "Chemical B." and "Hose Co. No. 7." On the back of the postcard, a handwritten message from the sender says, "I am sending you a card I owned at Springfield, Mass. [...]"
Date: June 18, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter, August 20, 1909]

Description: Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter with a message saying that Smith had forgotten Pendexter's number. On the backside of the postcard there is a photo of some of the members of the Central Fire Station in Lansing, Michigan. The twelve men in front of the building are standing next to two of the automobiles used in fighting fires; the car on the left is holding ladders in the back end.
Date: August 20, 1909
Creator: Smith, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter, June 1909]

Description: Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter regarding Smith's sending of more fire departments. The photograph on the back of the card shows the fire department in Gary, Indiana; the main focal point of the picture is the automobile in the center which has a large bell attached to its front. There are eight men standing or sitting in this car, and a few more men standing in the distance on either side of the truck.
Date: June 1909
Creator: Smith, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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