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Revolving Signal. (open access)

Revolving Signal.

Patent for a new and improved revolving signal-light: "[t]he combination, with a car-axle and a shaft driven thereby, of the lateral supporting stems carrying signaling-lanterns glazed in alternating colors, a shifting-lever acting alternately upon studs or stops of the said shaft, said shaft having a sliding movement, and gearing alternately with said signal-carrying stems" (lines 82-89).
Date: August 20, 1889
Creator: Warren, John W. & Radford, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Cigar-Lighter. (open access)

Self Cigar-Lighter.

Patent for a new and improved self-lighting cigar that has "[a]n attachment for cigars, consisting of a metallic holder having spring-arms . . . and a projecting portion adapted to hold the igniting composition, and a disk adapted to bear upon the outer end of the cigar" (lines 6-11).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: West, Thomas & Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Johnson escapes jail] (open access)

[News Script: Johnson escapes jail]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 29, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Decatur, Alabama]

Photograph of Decatur, Alabama. Two buildings can be seen standing in a field. Several telephone poles are visible throughout the field. A railroad track can be seen in the foreground.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1000.0436]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Susan Parker, 32, of Hartselle, Ala., director of college promotion and alumni for Calhoun State Community College."
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History