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Combined Automatic Vending and Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for an improved combined automatic vending and money changing machine. It has "a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change-delivery mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the article desired by him, and [a] mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms while the purchaser's said coin remains in the machine and adjusting bot of said delivery-mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of said coin" (line 1-10).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lloyd and Marianne Lawhow to Blanche Perry]
Letter from Lloyd and Marianne Lawhow of the Church of Christ in Springfield, Missouri to Perry thanking her for the baptistry painting. Also mentions details of church life and of the congregation.
Date:
May 18, 1939
Creator:
Lawhow, Lloyd & Lawhow, Marianne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Torre-Cardinals]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date:
March 18, 1969
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. C. Wilson, April 18, 1939]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. C. Wilson confirming loan approval and where the funds will be paid to. Wilson is to negotiate a loan between the Marfa State Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Letters from other banks refusing to assist in securing the loan are to be shown to gain support from the Federal Reserve Bank.
Date:
April 18, 1939
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Closer]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
September 18, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, August 18, 1837]
Copy of transcript for a letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry concerning his travel plans and giving an update about Santa Anna's actions in Mexico.
Date:
August 18, 1837
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Shareholder Certificate, September 18, 1817]
Copy of transcript for a shareholder's certificate from the Bank of St. Louis, on September 18, 1817, noting that James Bryan is the proprietor of ten shares of the bank's capital stock.
Date:
September 18, 1817
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas Eads to Emily M. Austin Bryan, April 18, 1824]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas Eads to Emily M. Austin Bryan discussing his move to Arkansas Territory.
Date:
April 18, 1824
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 18, 1830]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in Perry explains the difficulties he is having in settling his business matters before moving to Texas, asks for Stephen's advice on completing the indenture forms for his slaves, and questions why Stephen was not more vocal about which tracts of land he had reserved for the Perrys.
Date:
July 18, 1830
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, December 18, 1814]
Copy of a transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on December 18, 1814, asking Bryan to send pork and flour.
Date:
December 18, 1814
Creator:
Austin, Moses
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 18, 1830]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, on July 18, 1830, mentioning the birth of a son, and his attempts to finish his business before moving to Texas.
Date:
July 18, 1830
Creator:
Perry, James Franklin
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an essay by Stephen F. Austin concerning the law of April 6, 1830, [May 18, 1830?]]
Copy of transcript for an essay written by Stephen F. Austin, in which Austin addresses the history of Texas and the negative effects of the law of April 6, 1830, which ended immigration from the United States. Austin also argues that Texas would not economically benefit from separating from Mexico.
Date:
1830-05-18?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin, August 18, 1808]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin discussing the pricing and shipment of sheet lead.
Date:
August 18, 1808
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of agreement to pay Elias Bates, March 18, 1810]
Copy of transcript of promissory note concerning payment to Elias Bates for a ball to be given at Mine a Burton.
Date:
March 18, 1810
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, October 18, 1814]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan discussing business matters.
Date:
October 18, 1814
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, December 18, 1814]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan concerning the market for pork and his debts.
Date:
December 18, 1814
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, October 18, 1814]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on October 18, 1814, asking Bryan to ask a man to send him money owed, and discussing the news from the other members of their family.
Date:
October 18, 1814
Creator:
Austin, Moses
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Joseph Ficklin to Moses Austin, February 18, 1808]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Joseph Ficklin to Moses Austin, in which Ficklin discusses land claims and advises Austin to ignore any slanderous attacks. Ficklin also provides Austin with news of Governor Wilkinson.
Date:
February 18, 1808
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Henry Austin to Moses Austin, July 18, 1808]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Austin to Moses Austin concerning the settlement of business matters between Moses and his brother Stephen Austin. Document contains copies of correspondence between Henry Austin and Stephen Austin on the same matter.
Date:
July 18, 1808
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date:
September 18, 2005
Creator:
Heigel, Al
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: St. Louis Flood]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 18, 1993, 5:30 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date:
September 18, 2005
Creator:
Heigel, Al
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, November 18, 1911]
Postcard with a photograph of "Engine Co. 32 Wagon" in St. Louis, Missouri. Eagan writes in his note on the back that "the driver made a special run" for him as he took the picture. The wagon is running down a street in the city with two firemen hanging off of the back end and two others sitting in the driver's seat. Eagan also asks Pendexter if he knows Chief van Toor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date:
November 18, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Billy Martin- manager of the Texas rangers who does not like to lose a fact that is well known and a fact that he was communicated well to the rangers as evidenced by their second place standing in the American league west.
Date:
June 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library