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[Dove Housing]

Description: The postcard depicts 37 doves sitting atop a wooden structure. Wire fencing is situated on a portion of the wooden structure. The structure is propped against a wooden building with a window cutout. Back of postcard has moderate damage across the center. Text on the back of the postcard says: "Don't seem to get around to write you. Things are OK but busy. Partner away for several months, and having lots of trouble with help. Simply can't get anyone thats reliable. W". The post card is post mark… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Company 1, 4th Texas Infantry

Description: Typed under this picture is the legend: "FIFTY YEARS AGO -- Co. 1, 4th Texas Infantry, was patrolling the Mexican Border. The company's home base was in Mineral Wells. Later it was called into federal service and designated as Co. 144th Infantry, 36th Division, with combat duty in France on the Meuse-Argonne Campaign and the Argonne Forest. In the picture is the company pet donkey, about to consume a copy of the Daily Index, on the left is Bill Cameron and right is Spencer Heath. The pictur… more
Date: 1916
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[A pigeon on a plank]

Description: Photograph of a pigeon sitting on a wooden plank. One end of the plank is resting on a wooden barrel. A wooden fence and wall can be seen behind the pigeon with the shadow of chicken wire.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two pigeons on a plank]

Description: Photograph of two pigeons sitting on a wooden plank. The plank rests on top of two wooden barrels. A wooden fence and wall can be seen behind the pigeon with the shadow of chicken wire.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Animal Hopple

Description: Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oxen Hauling Cotton to Market

Description: Black and white copy print of an ox-drawn wagon transporting cotton to market. Two men, identified as Hans Rasmussen and Ernest Recane, are riding atop the wagon and steering the oxen. Behind them is a two-story building with a veranda upstairs. A sign affixed to a beam of the building reads, "Photo Gallery."
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Bear with Chain]

Description: Photograph of a bear with a chain around its neck; behind him there is a water trough on the right and a house and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Photograph of People on a Farm]

Description: Photograph of three people, which two are young children, on a farm standing near animals. The animals are getting ready to eat with a barn in the background. A person is holding the unclothed young child. There is a note on the front of the photograph that reads: " No. 4662...Mexican types..."A pair of Jacks and three of a kind..."" "Swafford...photo...copyright..." There is a note on the back of the photograph that reads: "MX. BRDR. 1916/7."
Date: 1916
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Military Forces Museum

[Easter Greetings]

Description: Postcard with an image of a rabbit holding a heart made of flowers. Below the image is the text, "Easter Greetings." Handwritten is, "#2827 W. Van Buren [ ]." The correspondence on the back of the postcard reads, "Dear Cousin Alice, Will write and tell you about the big boy we have at our house. Mama and he are doing fine. And we have named him after Uncle Alfred. I guess you are all well hoping to hear from you soon. Charles Bassano." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alice Dill, 517… more
Date: 1912~
Creator: Bassano, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Public water works

Description: Photograph of a half-dozen cattle and two horses drinking from a watering hole. The horses are harnessed to a buggy loaded with goods; the driver sits beneath an umbrella.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[U.S. Military Transportation]

Description: Photograph of an oxen drawn wagon resting between two parked U.S. military automobiles. A line of military trucks can be seen driving away in the background. Both automobiles bear the American flag, and the word Dort is on the windshields of the cars. Dort references the make of the automobiles. Soldiers sit or stand by their vehicles; two soldiers are standing atop of the wagon. In front of the oxen there are two dogs. Maybe these soldiers brought their pets along on the Punitive Expedit… more
Date: 1916~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks and Fishing]

Description: Photographs of shacks in Mexico and a fishing trip. The top left photo is of a small shack built out of sticks, with a man working on a wagon in the front yard. The top right photo is of Sterling's Ranch, a house surrounded by trees next to a dirt road. The middle photo is of shack with walls made of sticks and thatched roofs. The bottom left photo is of a woman standing outside of a wood-paneled shack with farm animals behind it and children playing in the yard. The bottom middle photo is of t… more
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Men and Animal along a Cattle Chute]

Description: Photograph of two men standing along a cattle chute that is currently occupied by an obscured animal. The chute is made of wooden fences that moves from the left off camera into a brick enclosure. One of the men stands on a dirt path outside of the wooden structure, while another stands on top of the brick wall.
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Watering-Trough.

Description: Patent for a valve that controls the flow of drinking water from a reservoir or tank into a trough. It can be operated by domestic animals and automatically shuts off when they are finished drinking.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tongue Support for Binders

Description: Patent for a tongue support for binders. "A device of this nature for supporting tongues of binders or other machines, in order to remove the weight and the strain from the necks of the animals" (lines 15-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Loe, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Egg Testing Globe

Description: Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Woolfolk, Paul E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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