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Corn-Popper

Description: Patent for a corn popper used for popping corn and general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, G. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bake-Oven

Description: Patent for "an oven through which a current of cool or heated air may be passed to maintain the same at a desired temperature for either purposes of baking, evaporating, drying or roasting substances therein, as may be found desirable" (lines 10-15).
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Closure for Bottles, &c.

Description: Patent for a tamper-proof bottle cap made of flexible metal that expands to seal the bottle and cannot be removed and replaced without signs being evident in the bottle and cap.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Hull, John William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[An ice cream social at the First Methodist Church in Texas City around 1909]

Description: Three young ladies, dressed in white shirtfronts, lockets and long white skirts are sitting on chairs in a room eating ice cream. A young man, dressed in a dark suit jacket and plaid pants, eats ice cream from a large ladle. The ice cream tin and an extra plate sit on a wooden chair in front of the young ladies. The room holds other wooden chairs and a podium, behind the people. A map of the United States and a framed certificate are on the back wall. The room appears to be either a church… more
Date: [1906..1909]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Thursday]

Description: Color postcard with an image of a young girl in a red dress cooking. Below the image is the text, "Thursday" and handwritten is, "From Dorothy Katheryne Erler." The correspondence on the back reads, "July 4, 1907 Very hot to-day skating on the river is very fine right now, Lou." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 527 S 18th, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. July 4, 1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: Erler, Dorothy Katheryne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Holland Hotel Kitchen, 1902

Description: Photograph of the kitchen of the Holland Hotel in 1902. On the left side of the frame is a man with a mustache and an apron standing behind a table full of dishes and pots. On the right side of the frame are three men in white suits and hats and one man in a dark suit and tie standing around a counter. Over their heads hangs several pots, pans, and utensils. Next to the man in the dark suit is a shelf with dishes. Behind the people is a row of stoves, shelves, and ovens. In the foreground… more
Date: 1902
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Group of Children]

Description: Photograph of a group of children. Five boys wearing flat caps sit on the ground in front of a picnic table covered in the remnants of a meal. The rest of the children stand around the table. This photograph was purchased at the Abel estate sale in Waco.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Simmons College Dining Hall]

Description: Photograph of faculty, staff, and students having a meal at tables in the Simmons College dining hall. Typed note on the back of the photo reads, “Dining Room -- Simmons College Dining Room Scene about 1905 -- Facing camera, left to right: (1) Dr. O. H. Cooper; (2) Hubert Cooper (3) Mary Cooper (Mrs. Dan Gallaghert) -- At right end of table: Mrs. Cooper -- January, 1951.”
Date: 1905~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Simmons College Picnic]

Description: Photograph of a group posed in front of the picnic table outside on the Simmons College campus. Handwritten note reads, "Simmons College about 1908 -- Front row from left: C. W. Cowdell & K. K. Legett -- Mr. & Mrs. F. E. Chandler -- Back row from left - Geo. L. Paxton holding Helen (?) G. B. Paxton & wife -- Anna Hall in background."
Date: 1908~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Campground Eating Area]

Description: This photograph shows a group of people or all ages under a large tree. In the center of the photograph, there is a long table with people sitting around it and there are other people standing to either side in front of them. The men are wearing suits with ties and the women are wearing dresses; almost all of them are wearing hats. In the background, there are more trees, and, to the left some buggies or old-style automobiles. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Eating … more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of People Around a Table]

Description: This photograph shows a group of people under a roof that appears to be brush on a wooden frame. The people in the front of the picture are sitting on wooden benches, facing away, toward what is most likely a table. To the far right, there is an older man sitting in a wooden chair. The men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses and large hats. In the distance, to the left, there are some trees. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Eating shed, 1900."
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Outdoor Stone Oven]

Description: Photograph of a large, stone outdoor oven with a large opening in the middle. The oven sits on a grassy lawn, beyond which a small wood building among a small group trees. A path on the left side of the oven leads to a metal and wood bench. Further in the background on the left is a small, wood shack raised up on stilts.
Date: [1900..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt and brother as children]

Description: Photograph of Helen Corbitt as a child (right) with her brother, Michael Henry Corbitt (left). Helen is seen in a light-colored dress, hair bow, and dark colored shoes. Michael can also be seen in light-colored clothes, and dark shoes, sitting on a small woven table. The two are standing on a patterned carpet, with a plain background.
Date: 1908~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Dallas

[Cowboys Eating]

Description: Photograph of cowboys of the Escarbada Outfit, a division of the XIT Ranch, eating a meal on the ground next to a chuck wagon. The man second from the left is William Loving Ross, who worked there in 1901.
Date: 1901
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library
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