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[Dumping Red Hot Slag at the Smelter]

Description: The picture shows a train engine with four cars sitting at the top of a hill. One of the cars is tipped over and spilling red hot slag down the slope of the hill towards the direction of the camera. Four men stand to the left of the train and cars. Two light posts are situated behind the train and working men.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Ships in a port]

Description: Photograph of ships sailing in a port. The ships are all different sizes and some are docked in the background of the image while there is one boat that is sailing in the foreground of the image. A dock is visible in the bottom left corner of the image and the port is located in the center of the background of the image. There is a factory that has smoke coming out of a smoke stack in this area and there are other structures on the land. In the background of the left side of the image, more str… more
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Glass-works Ruins]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of a series of brick and stone buildings with tall smokestacks and significant damage, including holes in the roofs or walls, crumbling features, and missing windows. A long, coiled line of barbed wire surrounds the yard of the buildings. Printed text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the buildings as a glass-works factory in Soissons, Aisne, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
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Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Punch.

Description: Patent for a punch tool used for cutting metal or other objects. The tool’s construction includes pivoted handles and an anvil block for efficient punching with “minimum application of pressure” (lines 13-14).
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Cuba, John L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester

Description: Patent for a spark arrester designed to extinguish the glowing cinders of smoke stacks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Filling-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved filling machine that automatically transfers predetermined quantities of liquids from one container to multiple other containers such as oils into cans.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Separator-Guard.

Description: Patent for a separator-guard for spinning frames. It prevents "the yarn from being entangled in or caught by the devices for attaching the separators to their support" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1912
Creator: Pitts, Arthur
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flue-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Leonard, Carl
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pattern and Match Plate

Description: Patent for a pattern and match plate for use in making car wheel chill segments more quickly and with less skilled labor.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Voight, Philip & Kornmayer, Christian
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Current-Motor.

Description: Patent for a current motor, which allows a smaller amount of water to be used to generate power for factories, irrigation equipment, and pumping devices.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Brewer, Alden R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boot-Tree Former.

Description: Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broom or Brush

Description: Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Airhart, Noah S. & Gold, Egbert H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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