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[Aerial View of Airport Facilities]

Photograph of an aerial view of Love Field airport facilities. Buildings include an aero repair shop, a dope house, a garage, a rest house, a mechanic shop, the YMCA, a canteen, hangars, barracks, and mess halls.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Love Field Airport]

Photograph of "Flyin' Frolic" being held at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas. There are crowds of people near multiple airplane hangars. There is a field on the right.
Date: [1918-11-12..1918-11-13]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Love Field Airport]

Photograph of "Flyin' Frolic" being held at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas. There is a row of airplanes in front of hangars and a crowd.
Date: [1918-11-12..1918-11-13]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Love Field Airport]

Photograph of "Flyin' Frolic" being held at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas. There are airplanes lined up in a row on the right side of the photograph. The eastern view of the airport is shown.
Date: 1918-11-1X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Regulating Attachment. (open access)

Air-Regulating Attachment.

Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship. (open access)

Airship.

Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Rainey, James E. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Artesian wells in Dallas County.

Shows two well log charts comparing bedrock compositions and a depiction of groundwater at successive depths in feet. No scale.
Date: 1918
Creator: University of Texas. Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Hand-Grip. (open access)

Artificial Hand-Grip.

Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Sieve. (open access)

Ash-Sieve.

Patent for a new ash sieve for a home oven.
Date: November 2, 1918
Creator: Steindorf, Michael C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Carbureters (open access)

Attachment for Carbureters

This patent is for improvements in attachments for carbureters for automobiles. The purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby only hot air or vapor is sucked into the carbureter,
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Milligan, Albert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal (open access)

Automobile-Signal

Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Illingworth, Sam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Gillespie, Solomon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine. (open access)

Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.

Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boots

Ladies lace-up boots of brown leather. Whole vamp with lightly brogued pointed toe-cap; stacked heel. Replacement laces. Stamped on interior: "350 32439N 66"
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck (open access)

Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck

Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Alberts, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp-Cooker. (open access)

Camp-Cooker.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a form of camp cooker, or camp stove and particularly appertains to a folding and demountable cooker" (lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hanson, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card-File Cabinet. (open access)

Card-File Cabinet.

Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Reeves, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918 (open access)

Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 19, 1918
Creator: Risien, John T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918 (open access)

Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 26, 1918
Creator: Risien, John T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1918 (open access)

Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 2, 1918
Creator: Risien, John T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catch. (open access)

Catch.

Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Borah, Dee.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clasp or Fastener for Garments. (open access)

Clasp or Fastener for Garments.

Patent for a clasp or fastener for garments, designed to replace hooks and buttons as fasteners of womens' garments, including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1918
Creator: Sanger, Isaac L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1918
Creator: Shortt, Everett T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Muffler and Air-Heating Device (open access)

Combination Muffler and Air-Heating Device

Patent for improvement for the muffler to silence the explosive exhaust of the internal combustion engines and to heating fresh air in facilitating the carburetion of liquid fuel oil to a combustible gaseous mixture.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Rinehart, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History