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North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Description: Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth. The road is dirt with trolley tracks leading to trolleys in the center background. Lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires. Behind those are buildings and trees. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "North Main St. from foot of Padlock Viaduct Looking North."
Date: 1914
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Purification of Gases.

Description: Patent for the purification of gases. The object purifies gases by transporting them through an electric discharge to convert sulfur into other forms of gas.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Hall, Elmon L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps

Description: Patent for improvements made to the carbon holder for electric arc lamps to improve efficiency in replacing the lamps. To improve upon the current design, the patent illustrates and describes a new level clutch system to allow movement, as opposed to the gravity-based design previously implemented.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin Burton & Elrod, Henry E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Fuse Plug

Description: Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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