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Pat-Ike

Description: An inscription at the bottom of the photograph reads "Pat--Ike." The "Ike" presumably refers to Ike Zablosky, who came from Russia to Philadelphia in 1890. He and his wife, Fanny Jaffee, later moved to Mineral Wells for health reasons where he became involved in the fur-and-hide business. Zablosky once described the northwest part of Palo Pinto County as a "'Possum kingdom"; hence the first flood-control lake on the Brazos River was named Possum Kingdom Lake. (The story is that it was named t… more
Date: 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings

Description: This publication documents the investigation of Governor Ferguson conducted by the Investigation Committee including transcripts of interviews, relevant documents, and the findings of the Committee. Index starts on page 531.
Date: March 1917
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Investigation Committee.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Cotton Calculator

Description: Pamphlet with printed tables used to calculate prices of cotton. According to the title page, "Showing the results of any multiplications of all quantities from 300 to 600, at rates beginning with 1-20c or 5 points, and advancing in five points, one-sixteenth, one-eighth and one-quarter of a cent, and by cents from one to thirty." The title page also includes examples to show how to use the tables for calculations.
Date: 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Higginbotham & Co. Garage, Stephenville, Texas: Door & Wall Renderings

Description: Door and wall renderings for a garage building commissioned by the West Texas Utilities Co. in Stamford, Texas. Sections are titled cross section AA, detail office partition, section B B, detail of partition for front of ladies rest room, detail of door for parts room, typical detail of door frames with C.1. bumpers, and detail of store front.
Date: July 7, 1917
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[Letter from John H. Page to Dock Dilworth Parramore, October 22, 1917]

Description: Letter from John H. Page & Company to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing advice on legal technicalities regarding the corporate existence of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and the water rights to the Cienega Ditch property. A handwritten note on the back of the last page reads, "Letter in regard to water rights and keeping ditch open. D. D. P."
Date: October 22, 1917
Creator: Page, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 20, July 1916 - April, 1917

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 421.
Date: 1917
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Gerald Glidden and Car]

Description: Photograph of a man identified as Gerald Glidden, District Representative of Gulf States Utilities Company, standing by a car and pointing to it in front of the Gulf States office on 101 Houston Avenue. The car is decorated with advertisements for the utility company. The back of the car says "Use Electrical Appliances;" the side of the car says "Water Pumps Ranges' Washers" and "General Electric Refrigerators." Text at the bottom of the photograph says "Gerald Glidden."
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

Check-Book.

Description: Patent for improvements to check-books for easier access to the check stubs.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Schwander, Peter W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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