[Certificate Documenting Wight for Firefighting Equipment] (open access)

[Certificate Documenting Wight for Firefighting Equipment]

Certificate documenting the official weight for a Chevrolet truck with license number 119-944. Additional notes say that it is "Permanent Equipment" with a brief description: "Oil Well Fire Fighting Equipment as p[...] Soak."
Date: March 18, 1932
Creator: Prowse, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wild Well Control (open access)

Wild Well Control

Patent for a device to help get oil or gas wells back under control from a distance if they have developed excessive gas pressure which may cause fluid to blow out of the well or fires.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: Whitwam, Wallace W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. H. Chernosky to Alex Bradford - September 5, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from C. H. Chernosky to Alex Bradford - September 5, 1939]

Letter from C. H. Chernosky to Alex Bradford thanking him for both his continued support of the Czechoslovakian people and his willingness to travel abroad to join the Czechoslovakian war efforts against the Nazi war machine. Additionally, Mr.Chernosky regrets that not enough of the American people are willing to support the Czech people.
Date: September 5, 1939
Creator: Chernosky, C. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History