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[Train #20 at a Fair]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #20 at a fair in Dallas, Texas. A few people can be seen looking at the train. Written below the image are "Dallas, Texas 1920 at Fair" and "R H Carlson."
Date: 1920
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
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Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Trains #5 & #6 Wrecked]

Description: Photograph of a head on collision between T&P trains #5 & #6 east of Cisco, Texas. The left train's engine is #706. Written below the image are "East of Cisco, Texas early 1920's T&P trains 5&6" and "Lucy Simpson Collection."
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: Simpson, Lucy
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Partner: The Grace Museum

[Photo of President & Mrs. Harding in the Cab of a Passenger Train]

Description: Photograph of President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding in the cab of a passenger train. President Harding can be seen operating a lever in the engine while Mrs. Harding watches. The text below the image says "[sic] Nov 7th 1920 President & Mrs Warren G. Harding in Cab of T&P Passenger Locomotive #709" and "Southwest Collection."
Date: November 7, 1920
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Partner: The Grace Museum

[Six men in front of a "Enfield Special" railroad car at the Southern Pacific station in Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of six men in suits and hats posed in front of a private railroad car in the Austin Southern Pacific terminal at 301 Congress Avenue. A banner hung on the car says: "ENFIELD SPECIAL FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO WASHINGTON D.C. VIA S.P. LINES", and the same information was recorded on the bottom of the negative. The depot was constructed in 1902 as the Houston and Texas Central depot, and an addition was added to the east side in 1935.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.265256 -97.743648
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Locomotive Driving-Box.

Description: Patent for improvements in locomotive driving boxes. Designed to "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving wheels" (lines 13-14) to replace the crown brasses, "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving box" (lines 16-17) to avoid lateral wear, and eliminates the necessity of expensive machine work.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Simmons, Arthur, W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines.

Description: Patent for an improved controlling mechanism for accelerating the warming up of engines, especially automotive and marine engines. It can maintain a good working temperature while running at slow speeds so that the engine may operate economically in cold weather.
Date: January 29, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Contact-Shoe for Automatic Train-Stops.

Description: Patent for a new contact shoe, used in rail transport, attached to the train car to conduct automatic stops despite possible hazards through the use of magents and electricity, including illustrations .
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bernie
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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