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Alarm Device

Description: Patent for an alarm device that is mounted on a house to warn of approaching wind storms.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Stamps, William P. & Phillips, William R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas.

Description: Map shows counties, major cities, and railroad lines in early twentieth century Texas. Includes text advertising Frisco Lines and Texas statistics. Insets: "Map of Frisco Lines and connections," "Take the steel way to Texas [with illustration]," "The mean annual rainfall," and "Big facts about Texas." Scale not given.
Date: 1911
Creator: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Racehorses on display in the cold desert.]

Description: Postcard with racehorses on display in the cold weather of Juarez, Mexico. Racehorses in the background are covered with blankets while their handlers stand at attention for the camera. Stables lie in the background offering shelter from the unseasonably cold weather. The American Thoroughbred racehorse at the forefront is "Meridian", one of the fastest horses in America and a winner of the 1911 Kentucky Derby at three years old. Walter H. Horne reports favorable conditions other than the weath… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Mean annual rainfall in the United States: compiled from the latest official resources.

Description: Map shows state lines, major cities, rainfall and temperature statistics; state lines, major cities, forested regions, and lines of precipitation. Includes notes and explanation. Relief is shown by gradient tints and spot heights. Depths shown by bathymetric tints and spot heights. Scale [1:15,840,000].
Date: [1911..1931]
Creator: Geographical Publishing Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Senior Snow Scene]

Description: Copy slide of a picture of the seniors of Abilene High School Class of 1914 playing in the Snow. The students in the photograph are all wearing dark colored clothing and some of them have snowballs in hand. The photograph is labeled "Senior Snow Scene Taken on Only Snowy Day This Year."
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McMurry University Library

El Paso: The Story of a City

Description: Promotional publication of the El Paso (Texas) Chamber of Commerce, extolling the virtues of the city and region, especially its agricultural, business, manufacturing, and recreational attractions. It contains many reproductions of photographs of houses, businesses, scenery, and industry. It includes statistics about agricultural production and lists of mines served by the smelters and refineries.
Date: 1910
Creator: El Paso Chamber of Commerce (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, February 5, 1912]

Description: Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter thanking him for the last card Pendexter sent to him and describing the cold weather in Michigan at the time, and mentioning Chief W. P. Week. The photograph on the reverse side shows some fire ruins of the Globe M. F. G. Co. building in Battle Creek, Michigan; most of the debris has ice frozen to it. According to the picture this burned down on November 13, 1911.
Date: February 5, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, January 17, 1912]

Description: Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter with a note talking about having to fight a large fire in 15-degrees below zero weather. He notes that the fire chief, van Toor, is sick but that Pendexter should hear from him shortly. The photograph on the reverse side of the card shows the crew of the "#32 Hose Wagon" in St. Louis, Missouri. There are six firemen in the photograph, all are standing or sitting on the wagon; the wagon itself is equipped with a large water cannon mounted towards … more
Date: January 17, 1912
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from F. A. Bruce to George Pendexter, February 21, 1912]

Description: Postcard from F. A. Bruce to George Pendexter concerning the fire truck in the picture, which is the car Bruce drives. Bruce notes the blizzard conditions in Michigan that include four to five feet snow drifts. The photograph on the reverse side shows a group of firemen sitting in a fire truck that is covered in snow and wearing snow chains; the note on the picture says: "10 below zero inspecting fire alarm."
Date: February 21, 1912
Creator: Bruce, F. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover is white with the title in red writing, the author's name in blue, and red boxes around the title and illustration. The illustration is of Heidi and her grandfather going down a mountain in a sled. Heidi is wrapped in a red blanket while her grandfather holds on to her. In the background are snow covered evergreen trees. In the book are colored illustrations, one of which is Heidi walking down a path into town with her grandfather.
Date: 1919~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oil-Tank Protector.

Description: Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Cohen, Wolf
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Anna Henke Nimitz, February 11, 1911]

Description: Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his mother in Kerrville. Nimitz, writing from aboard the USS Narwhal (SS-17) in Norfolk, Virginia, sends birthday greetings. He encourages his mother to get a train ticket to Washington DC so they can visit for a while.
Date: February 11, 1911
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 30, 1911]

Description: Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz thanks his parents for a box he received, which he took with him to Massachusetts to share with the Freeman family. He mentions spending Christmas in Wollaston with the Freeman clan.
Date: December 30, 1911
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 30, 1911]

Description: Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz thanks his parents for a box he received, which he took with him to Massachusetts to share with the Freeman family. He mentions spending Christmas in Wollaston with the Freeman clan.
Date: December 30, 1911
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to Anna Henke Nimitz, February 11, 1911]

Description: Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his mother in Kerrville. Nimitz, writing from aboard the USS Narwhal (SS-17) in Norfolk, Virginia, sends birthday greetings. He encourages his mother to get a train ticket to Washington DC so they can visit for a while.
Date: February 11, 1911
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Sad-Iron Heater.

Description: Patent for a portable device for heating sad-irons (as well as other heaters) with a small oil tank for a burners and a cover. The device will regulate the amount of oil and provide coverage that will maintain the high temperature of the sad-iron.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Beck, Joseph P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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