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[Document stating the expenses aboard the Henrich bound for Galveston, December 1843]

Description: Document stating the charges for five chests aboard the Hennrich bound for Galveston. Dated December 5, 1843 in Antwerp. Reverse side is a document stating the expenses for shipment of two chests of merchandise aboard the Hennrich bound for Galveston. Lists contents of chests, including linens and straw hats. Dated December 1, 1843 in Antwerp and signed by Henry [sic] Castro.
Date: December 1843
Creator: Castro, Henri
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Map of Chicago Harbor Illinois

Description: Map shows railroads and dock ownership by railroads and corporations in Chicago Harbor during the late nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:2400].
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of Boats at Dock]

Description: Photograph of several boats at dock. The Slade Brown to the left and the boats behind it are being worked upon. There are two arches built over the pier that contain pulleys, both with a vessel sitting underneath. The reverse side of the photo has been written with the words "Gulf Port?"
Date: unknown
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Anchor from the Steamboat Ruthven]

Description: Photograph of an anchor from the steamboat Ruthven after she sank, exhibited on the lawn of the Young Men's Business League (later the Chamber of Commerce) in Palestine, Texas. Storefronts are visible lining the opposite side of a street in the background and a horse-drawn carriage is stopped in the street behind the anchor.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[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

[The Crazy Water Crystal Factory]

Description: Shown here is an interior view of the Crazy Crystals Plant. "Crazy Water" was evaporated, and the dissolved solids precipitated as crystals which were then packaged and shipped all over the United States, Canada, England and Australia. By dissolving the Crazy Water crystals in water, the purchaser was able to reconstitute "mineral water" and secure the benefits of one of the earliest "instant" beverages without the added cost of the supplying company's shipping water.
Date: 1940?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Isthmus of Panama. : showing Panama Canal.

Description: Map shows path of the Panama Canal, proposed dams, lakes, and reservoirs, canal locks, existing and "proposed new location" for the railroad, cities and towns, and named mountain peaks. Insets: "Republic of Panama" and "Profile of Panama Canal." Relief shown by hachures, profile, and spot heights. Depths shown by profile. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date: 1904
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

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

A new and correct chart of the channel between England & France : with considerable improvements not extant in any draughts hitherto published ; shewing the sands, shoals, depths of water and anchorage, with ye flowing of the tydes, and setting of the current [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows English Channel coastal details. Includes lines and numbers representing degree variations, arrows for tide and current movement, dotted areas for sand and shoals, place names, and depth in fathoms. Scale not noted.
Date: 1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new and correct chart of the channel between England & France : with considerable improvements not extant in any draughts hitherto published ; shewing the sands, shoals, depths of water and anchorage, with ye flowing of the tydes, and setting of the current [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows English Channel coastal details. Includes lines and numbers representing degree variations, arrows for tide and current movement, dotted areas for sand and shoals, place names, and depth in fathoms. Insets: "A correct draught of Plymouth Sound," and "A new draught of the Isle of Wight." Scale not noted.
Date: 1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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