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[Photograph of the Japonica, Run Aground]

Description: Photograph of a boat, the Japonica, after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscription on the back of the photo, "The old Japonica where it was washed up near the bluff by the storm. They are trying to fix it up and get it back into the bay."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

Map of the world showing the real time in every principal city : when 12 o'clock noon at Washington.

Description: Map shows world time zones, political divisions, ocean depths and currents, and distances between points on world map; route of the Panama Canal through the Isthmus of Panama, cities, roads, and political districts. Includes clocks with time by location, national flags in margins, index, "Distances Saved," and portraits of international heads of state. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:88,700,000] and [ca. 1:158,400].
Date: 1912
Creator: Kenyon Company (Des Moines, Iowa)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Houston Ship Channel]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of the Houston Ship Channel: Two large and one small boat are in view. Large boat at left carried a load of lumber. Large carts on dock at right suggest more oversize cargo will be unloaded. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "In 1914, Houston got its feet wet. Even though it was 50 miles inland, the city became a seaport. An eventually an international port-of-call. Gateway to Latin Americ… more
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Sea Scape

Description: Photograph of a bay taken from a hill showing ships and other craft on the water. A grassy shoreline is visible in the foreground.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

[Construction of a dock in a port]

Description: Photograph of construction on a dock in a harbor. The posts of the dock have been placed in the water and are located at even intervals, however there is no material covering these posts to serve as a walkway. To the right of the dock is a ship and a barge that are both stacked with cargo. The opposite shore is visible and it is lined with multi-story buildings that are located at the base of a hill.
Date: [1910..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men With Wells Fargo Wagon]

Description: Photograph of three men posing in front of a Wells Fargo horse-drawn wagon. The two on the left wear jackets and bow ties. The man on the right, who wears a vest and holds the horse's reins, has been identified as Carl Mountz.
Date: 1911~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

Folding Coop

Description: Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Randall, John G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Coop

Description: Patent for a new more durable folding coop that folds up quickly and easily, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Martin, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shipping-Crate.

Description: Patent for a crate to transport bottled beverages, which is protected by slidably mounted, sealed enclosures with guide strips, guide rods, and terminal hooks. Bottles are held upside down within protective neck encasements. Accidental opening of the crate is reduced since the opening side cannot be slid open until the seals are broken.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Wyman, Lewis Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coop.

Description: Patent for a coop to ship poultry and similar animals. Slidable slats and bars allow for food and water access.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Ferguson, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collapsible Box

Description: Patent for collapsible boxes. Makes it easier and more convenient for people using them.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Houghland, Frank H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life Boat

Description: Patent for life boats to use for large passenger ships, cruise and other boats that can be installed at the sides of the ships for easy access during evacuation.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Journal-Box.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Law, Charles R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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