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Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles]
A pamphlet advertising Harold Bell Wright's new book The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and other Wright titles.
Date:
1919
Creator:
The Book Supply Copmany
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Shorthorn Breeders' Association Registry Certificate, December 13, 1917]
This is a certificate from the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. The registry form has not been completely filled out.
Date:
December 13, 1917
Creator:
American Shorthorn Breeders' Association
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amerika Esperantisto (Chicago, Ill.), Vol. 8, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1910
Monthly English and Esperanto-language magazine from Chicago, Illinois that includes news and information concerning the Esperanto language along with advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer.
Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date:
October 14, 1919
Creator:
Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bookbinding
This is a letter patent for the bookbinding invention as a means for holding books, pamphlets, catalogs, and other similar paper materials together. The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to place additional material inside the same covers, and with the original contents of a book without breaking or tearing the binding.
Date:
June 22, 1911
Creator:
Robinson, Edward K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush
Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bucket Excavator.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Bettis, William I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chicago "Pay-Car"]
This photograph portrays an unusual rail consist: Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's Engine No. 202, a 2-6-2 type heading the "pay-car" in Chicago. In this era the railroad's tracks were being elevated throughout the metropolitan area.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Hastman, Lee
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement
From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date:
1912
Creator:
Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
COUPLING PATENT
This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date:
July 10, 1919
Creator:
Hiegel, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Daylight Special" at Chicago Central Station]
One of the Illinois Central's de luxe passenger trains; the "Daylight Special" train No. 19 southbound, stands in the Central Station in Chicago - as passengers entrain - prior to the departure hour : 10:02 AM. This train (and its companion, No. 20 northbound) operated between Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis. The rail distance was 294.17 miles; and the schedule was 7 hours and 44 minutes: equivalent to a running time of about 40 miles per hour. This photograph was taken in the summer of 1911. This was a modern train in that era - cited in the Official Guide of the Railways (June 1916) as: All steel and electric-lighted. The consist included: chair cars and coaches, cafe-club car and Observation Parlor car.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Jaw Crushers
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in frames for Jaw-Crushers (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date:
March 25, 1919
Creator:
Easton, William B. & Cole, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of men by plane]
Photograph of men standing in front of an airplane. Text on the reverse reads: "From left to right - Harry Rice, Universal Exploitation Manager, Lieutenant Ralph Diggins, pilot, Locklear himself, Fred Rochester, Publicity Manager Morris & Company, George W. Brow, General Sales Agent Curtiss Aeroplane Manufacturing Co., Jack Curran, former British Aviation Officer -- taken on the field just before plane left for Chicago's loop."
Date:
[1918..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Shade.
Patent for a headlight shade which can be pulled down to block the high beam headlights of a train or car when there is an oncoming train or car.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Green, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keyboard for Writing Machines.
Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. W. Reynolds to C. C. Cox, August 23, 1918]
Mass letter from E. W. Reynolds of the Book Supply Company to school principals, in this case to C. C. Cox, advertising "The Re-Creation of Brian Kent" by Harold Bell Wright. The envelope is included.
Date:
August 23, 1918
Creator:
Reynolds, Elsbery W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, February 11, 1913]
Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, on February 11, 1913, informing her that they believe her to have a clear understanding of optics, and reminding her of a diploma fee that must be paid before they can forward her diploma to her.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Jacksonian Optical College
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, October 25, 1912]
Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, on October 25, 1912, informing her of her first exam scores.
Date:
October 25, 1912
Creator:
Jacksonian Optical College
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox, July 11, 1916]
Letter from the W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox apologizing for failing to include something in their previous letter. Envelope is included.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
W. W. Kimball Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marlin Sanitarium]
Postcard of the Marlin Sanitarium. The building is brick with a black roof, has a sign arching over the entrance reading, "Marlin Sanitarium," and "Sanitarium Ba[..]" is printed in large letters on the side of the building. "Bathhouse" is handwritten on the front and the correspondence on the back is addressed to "Miss Edna M. Young."
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker
Patent for a nutcracker that can be used for a variety of types of nuts without crushing them.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Moser, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographic Copying Apparatus
Patent for a simple and effective photographic-copying apparatus capable of making copies of small objects of different sizes. The machine is for general commercial use "that may be successfully operated by persons not particularly skilled in the photographic art" (lines 23-25) including illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Gregory, Oscar T. & Carkhuff, Norman W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History