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1919 Girls' Basketball Team

Photograph of a group of eight young women identified as the 1919 girls' basketball team. They are posing in a car on the corner of Main Street and McKinney Street in Richardson, Texas. Five of the women are sitting in the car, and three are standing on the sides of the car.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1919 Map and guide of Dallas & suburbs.

Map shows early twentieth century Dallas, Texas street names, railroads, interurban streetcar lines, neighborhoods, parks, country clubs, cemeteries, and some buildings, institutions, and businesses. Scale not given.
Date: 1919
Creator: C. Weichsel Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1919 Richardson High School Football Team

Photograph of twelve students and one coach identified as the Richardson High School football team. Coach W. H. Galloway is standing in between four boys on the back row, and eight boys are sitting in the front row. One boy in the center is holding a football with "R. H. S." written on it. Text below the image says "1919 Richardson High School Football Team." The boys are identified on the back of the image.
Date: 1919
Creator: Smith, Morris J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book-Cover. (open access)

Adjustable Book-Cover.

Patent for adjustable book covers. More protection with use of thicker paper, with adjustable feature is highly important as is also the slit and tongue.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Walraven, Albert T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Crib or Bed. (open access)

Adjustable Crib or Bed.

Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rece, Frank S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series] (open access)

[Advertisement for the New American Readers Series]

A set of mailers advertising the New American Readers series, which was adopted by Texas as an option for free supplementary reading in public schools. Envelope is included.
Date: September 1919
Creator: DeWitt, E. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT (open access)

AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT

Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date: April 21, 1919
Creator: Kiessig, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus. (open access)

Amusement Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Williams, May Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Armistice Day in Mesquite]

Photograph of school children saluting the American flag during an Armistice Day celebration in Mesquite, Texas.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Austin Fire Insurance Co. of Dallas, Texas (open access)

Austin Fire Insurance Co. of Dallas, Texas

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and portrait of Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas," with additional text reading: "Cash Capital $400,000.00"; "Surplus to Policy Holders Over 700,000.00." Letterhead includes the names Geo. W. Jalonick, Pres.; I. Jalonick, Active Vice Pres.; J. B. Adoue, Vice-Pres.; C. C. Slaughter, Vice-Pres.; Jos. Faust, Vice-Pres.; A. F. Pillet, Sec'y.; J. H. Hines, Asst. Secy.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Bed-Rack. (open access)

Automobile Bed-Rack.

Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Turner, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lock. (open access)

Automobile-Lock.

Patent for an inexpensive automobile lock that is adapted to fit the front bumper of an automobile and designed to lock the two front wheels in place.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Tiedemann, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery. (open access)

Battery.

Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Crowley, Richard Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Springs Baptist Church, Garland, Texas

Big Springs Baptist Church, wood frame building. Label on reverse: "Big Springs Baptist Church 1877-1919. Date of Picture 8-3-19. J. W. Campbell"
Date: August 3, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Band Clencher (open access)

Brake-Band Clencher

Patent for improvements in brake-band clenchers. It is intended to "provide an improved Ford brake band clencher adapted for holding the brake bands in place while the transmission case is being replaced" (lines 14-18).
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: McCaffrey, Harry J. & Roberge, Edgar, J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check and the Like. (open access)

Check and the Like.

Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."
Date: March 9, 1919
Creator: Wilson, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Dalworth Park Tax Roll: 1919 to 1942, Delinquent Rolls] (open access)

[City of Dalworth Park Tax Roll: 1919 to 1942, Delinquent Rolls]

Tax rolls for Dalworth Park, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1919-1942. This volume contains information for property owners who owe delinquent taxes.
Date: 1919~/1942~
Creator: Dalworth Park (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for metallic clothes pins made from a single length of wire.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Atkins, Irving J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder (open access)

Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder

Patent for "an improved collar button and necktie holder made of sheet metal, celluloid, bone, rubber, or any other suitable sheet or strip material desired" (lines 8-12).
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Kelly, Orson N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Roost and Nest (open access)

Combined Roost and Nest

Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Gilmore, Calvin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919] (open access)

[Copy of Invoice for Free Textbooks from Practical Drawing Company, September 1919]

Invoice for free textbooks provided to C. C. Cox by the Practical Drawing Company and the Texas State Board of Education.
Date: October 19, 1919
Creator: Practical Drawing Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Delinter (open access)

Cotton-Delinter

Patent for a durable and inexpensive machine that remove cotton seed from lint.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Young, Edwin H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Johnson, Frank Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History