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Coaster-Brake. (open access)

Coaster-Brake.

Patent for a coaster brake featuring an improved positive drive and braking.
Date: July 1, 1913
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on roller coaster]

Photo of children in roller coaster. Austin, Texas.
Date: August 4, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roller coaster ride

Photograph of white structural supports for a roller coaster, with several dips visible. Several cars are parked perpendicular next to the roller coaster on a stretch of pavement. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pleasure Island Roller Coaster]

Photograph of the roller coaster on Pleasure Island in Port Arthur, Texas. A large pavilion is to the left of the coaster. A group of people is sitting beneath the awning of the pavilion. Another group of people is sitting on and near the breakwater wall. Several swimmers are in the water.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Coaster (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1923 (open access)

The Texas Coaster (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1923

Weekly newspaper from Richmond, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parking Lot and Roller Coaster at Pier]

Photograph of cars in a parking lot at the Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, Texas. There is a roller coaster to the right, and Lake Sabine is visible in the background.
Date: 1951~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on a Roller Coaster at Riverside Amusement Park]

Photograph of nine children sitting on a roller coaster at Riverside Amusement Park. There are 3-4 children in each car, and the roller coaster is three cars in length.
Date: May 1, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper article taken from The Herald-Coaster] (open access)

[Newspaper article taken from The Herald-Coaster]

Newspaper article taken from The Herald-Coaster, Rosenberg Richmond and dated Tuesday, August 12, 1969, with headline that reads: "George Ranch featured in trade magazine". Above the article is a photo of a bull in a pasture; white fence in background; white house on far right. Caption under photo reads: "A Polled Bull�one of the day Polled bulls used in the George Ranch breeding program. The ranch has recently expanded its operation by purchasing 229 females and 11 herd bulls from the Vachel Lackey Estate in San Antonio and shipping 23 heifers and three bulls to Ontario, Canada." Newspaper photo dimensions are: 13.5 cm x 8.3 cm.
Date: August 12, 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Roller coaster] (open access)

[News Script: Roller coaster]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the new roller coaster at the Forest Park in Fort Worth. This roller coaster is 15-feet high and is the second largest in the world.
Date: April 10, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Roller coaster] (open access)

[News Script: Roller coaster]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Swiss monorail roller coaster The Flash being brought to Fair Park in Dallas.
Date: September 23, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Roller Coaster] captions transcript

[News Clip: Roller Coaster]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 26, 1981
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Roller coaster] captions transcript

[News Clip: Roller coaster]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 21, 1980, 5:30 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Roller coaster] (open access)

[News Script: Roller coaster]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 6, 1966
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Toboggan Roller Coaster at the South Texas State Fair]

Photograph of a Toboggan roller coaster at the South Texas State Fair. The spiral-shaped roller coaster has a single car on the track. The photograph has been taken from a low vantage point.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adults on a roller coaster at Six Flags]

Photograph of six young people sitting on a blue roller coaster at Six Flags. The roller coaster is two cars in length in the image. The sky covers the entire background.
Date: August 10, 1975
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Six Flags Over Texas roller coaster]

Photograph of a Six Flags Over Texas roller coaster. The park's Oil Derrick can be seen in the background.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Tim and Carol Williams on a roller coaster]

Photograph of young Tim and Carol Williams on a small roller coaster at a carnival in Corpus Christi, Texas. The roller coaster has three cars and is supported by short metal poles. Tim sits in the back car of the roller coaster and wears a patterned, collared shirt. Carol sits in the middle car, wearing a frilly dress. A man and a woman stand to the left of the track near a tall tree. Many small structures are nestled among the trees in the background.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Soapbox car

Photograph of a young man and two females standing behind a soapbox derby car that pertains to the Exchange Club of Temple, Texas. In front of the car are an award plaque and a small trophy. The building in the background has several General Motors (GM) logos along the wall.
Date: 1968?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Working on a Soap Box Derby Car]

Photograph of two boys next to a partially built soapbox derby car.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys With Partially Built Soap Box Derby Car]

Photograph of two boys next to a partially built soapbox derby car, with another boy in the background next to another partially built car.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Sitting in Their Partially Built Soap Box Derby Cars]

Photograph of two boys in wagons, the one on the left, his wagon is partially built and the one on the right is fully built.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Boys Building Box Derby Car]

Photograph of two boys working on their soap box derby car.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Sits in Unfinished Derby Car]

Photograph of two boys, one in the wagon and the other standing to the front fixing the wire connecting to the wheel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Work on Derby Car on Stilts]

Photograph of two boys furbishing their soapbox derby car.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History