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Wichita County, Texas.

Description: Map shows locations of oil wells and dry holes in Wichita County; city boundaries, plat numbers, land ownership, and railroads; drilling depth for some dry holes. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Date: [1919..1924]
Creator: Dakan & Vinson
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

General map, Camp Bowie - Texas.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century layout of roads, railroads, buildings, facilities, and utilities at Camp Bowie, near Fort Worth, Texas. Includes key to utility services. Relief shown by contours. Scale [ca. 1:7,200].
Date: 1919
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Heydrick's map of Burkburnett pool extension.

Description: Map shows oil well and dry hole locations, land owners, tract numbers, railroad lines and roads, and some businesses across Wichita County; illustrations of some oil company buildings at their locations on the map; adjacent counties and landowners on north side of Red River in Oklahoma; street layout and oil wells in town of Burkburnett. Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:24,000].
Date: 1919
Creator: Heydrick Mapping Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Rand McNally Standard Map of Mexico.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century geography, cities, towns, and political boundaries in Mexico. Inset: [Map of] Mexico City. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:4,750,000] and [ca. 1:171,000].
Date: [1919..1929]
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of Destroyed Causeway and Railoroad Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the causeway and railroad bridge near Corpus Christi after distruction of the 1919 hurricane. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "What was once the approach to the causeway. You remember the road along there was concrete or something of the sort. You can see the concrete blocks out in the bay. Railroad at the right."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

[Station Force at Gordon, Texas]

Description: Photograph of three men posing for a picture. They are all in uniform and smiling into the camera. Written below the image is "'RD' 532," "'MF' 418," "'FD' 527," "Station Force at Gordon Texas 1919 [sic] L. to R. R.L. (Bob) Denton, 3rd trick, L.M. Firmin, agent, Dock Flanagan, 2nd trick," and "R.L.Denton."
Date: 1919
Partner: The Grace Museum

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Brakemen, January 1919

Description: List of brakemen employed in the District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of January 1919. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: January 18, 1919
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Train Engine #540]

Description: Photograph of train engine #540, viewed from the side. "540" is visible on the side. Part of a building can be seen in the right background. The distinct wheels are prominent. Handwritten text below the image says, "Builders Photo Alco 1919."
Date: 1919
Creator: C. M.
Partner: The Grace Museum

Combined Railroad Level and Gage.

Description: Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Fuller, Benjamin A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal Box

Description: Patent for an improved journal box design intended to reduce the risk of oil leaking from a locomotive's axle.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Davis, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Switch.

Description: Patent for improvements in railroad-switches, relating to a simple and more efficient means for throwing a switch of a railway truck, whereby a train of cars or a single car may be switched from the main track to another track or on a siding.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Hester, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Description: Patent for a rail joint that provides a rest for rail ties and extends splice bars which may also be connected to the rest. The resulting rail joint limits unequal lateral and downward movement of either rail end, illustrations included.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Sheppard, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Switch

Description: Patent for a railroad switch that is easier to use and more effective than the "common stub switch" (lines 10-11), thereby reducing damage.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Cuellar, Samuel D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Making Ballast.

Description: Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1919
Creator: Butler, Henry G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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