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[Elevator for caponizing poultry]

Elevator for caponizing poultry,
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Weight hooks with strings tied to the ends.

Weight hooks with strings tied to the ends.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing

Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Instruction booklet

Instruction booklet
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

Box top - labeled "No Slip' Caponizing Set" Montgomery Ward & Co.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

Bottom of box
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleven-stick cast iron breadstick pan. Rectangular flat pan.]

Eleven-stick cast iron bread stick pan. Rectangular flat pan. Reservoirs are half-cylinder in shape. Small molded (7.3 cm x 1.4 cm) handles on both ends of the pan have centered oval hole (1.2 cm x .6 cm). Base of pan has, "E BREAD STICK PAN/ WAGNER WARE/ SIDNEY/ OHIO./ 1326"
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crescent wrench with an adjustable C-shaped head]

Crescent wrench that has an adjustable C-shaped head with a hole at the end of the handle.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope for the Fox Company]

Envelop for the Fox Company. The envelope advertises the prices for developing film and displays samples of the services offered by the Fox Company. These services include framed hand colored enlargement, the fox-tone border, and "new-tone" color scheme for photographs. The front has the name "Emil Jentsch" written on it.
Date: 1928
Creator: Fox Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Child's dress

Child's sailor dress of white jacquard cotton. Long sleeves with broderie anglaise lace at hem. Sailor collar with V-shaped yoke insert which wraps around left shoulder; standing neckline of lace matching sleeve hem and insert on sailor collar. Center front placket has left side opening with button closure (all buttons missing). Belt loops at sides (belt missing). Unlined.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Report on Pitometer Survey (Abilene, Texas, 1926)

A report, prepared in 1926 for O. K. Hobbs, who was serving at the time as the Director and Assistant City Engineer of the Abilene (Texas) Water Department. The report relates to water usage and leakage problems in the system being used at the time. The report was prepared by The Pitometer Company of New York, NY.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A drill press bought from Sears in 1921.

Mounted on 1 1/2" x 6" board 38" long. Bought from Sears 1921.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steel stove flue damper]

Steel stove flue damper. Grey body with centered 4 cm hole. Handle and neck are spring coiled. Pivot arm is painted red.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Measuregraph" dry goods measurer]

"Measuregraph" dry goods measurer. Grey metal body with traces of black paint still evident. Round white dial on top indicated yardage passed through rollers. Rectangular window of unknown function. Measurer mounted to counter with a slide-on bracket running perpendicular to body of machine. Spring-action blade nicks edge of fabric so it can be torn at correct yardage.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Detachable collar

Man's detachable collar. Exterior layer of off-white, plain weave. Lining/inner layer of same. Accompanied by original paper advertising/care note. Stamped on reverse: "Van Heusen / Patents Jan.22.1918 July 5 1921 / Phillips-Jones Corp. / Makers U.S.A." "67532" "Van Jack / No Starch / Iron Flat While Damp" "16 1/2"
Date: 1921/1929
Creator: Van Heusen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Detachable collar

Man's detachable collar. Exterior layer of off-white, plain weave. Lining/inner layer of same. Stamped on reverse: "Van Heusen / Patents Jan.22.1918 July 5 1921 / Phillips-Jones Corp. / Makers U.S.A." "16 / 583" "Van Jack / No Starch / Iron Flat While Damp"; "16 1/4"
Date: 1921/1929
Creator: Van Heusen
System: The UNT Digital Library

Picture Hat

Picture hat of finely woven black straw. The low, domed crown is encircled at its base by a narrow ribbon of black velvet onto which are sewn along front and sides 10 oval, black plastic (?) buttons. The ribbon is tied at back of crown, with bow and trailing ends. The wide brim extends out and slopes/curves down slightly. The hat is unlined, with inner black headband and a cord to help secure to wearer's head.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States]

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Detailed view of stonework and windows above the front doors of a multistory building at 35 East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The address, "35 East Wacker Drive" is engraved in the stone above the doors, at the bottom of this image. The building was also formerly known as the North American Life Building, the Pure Oil Building, and the Jewelers' Building.
Date: 1924/1927~
Creator: Thielbar and Fugard
System: The UNT Digital Library

[35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States]

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A building at 35 East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The building was also formerly called the North American Life Building, the Pure Oil Building, and the Jewelers' Building.
Date: 1924/1927~
Creator: Thielbar and Fugard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wall Hanging

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None
Date: 1927~
Creator: Albers, Anni
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hand-painted handkerchief

Ladies' handkerchief of cream-colored silk with hand-painted pink floral detail in right corner. Floral design accented with graduated sprays of dots with pink centers. Circular corner cutouts and scalloped corner at floral design. Edge of handkerchief and decoration outlined in gold glitter paint. Measures 8.5" x 8.5"
Date: 1920/1929
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hand-painted handkerchief

Ladies' handkerchief of cream-colored silk with hand-painted detail in right corner of woman in a bathing suit with cape and concentric circle back design. Female figure outlined in silver glitter paint and crenelated edges of handkerchief outlined in multicolored glitter paint. Measures 8.5" x 8.5"
Date: 1920/1929
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hand-painted handkerchief

Handkerchief of pale yellow silk hand-painted with red flowers in each corner with green leaf and stem. Cut out flower corners and scalloped edges. Edges and floral design bordered in gold paint. Measures 9"x9"
Date: 1920/1929
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Satin scarf

Scarf of black (silk?) satin. Long, narrow rectangle of black satin, the two short ends with multicolored embroidery of floral and foliate forms. Each short end with long fringe of same colors as embroidery. Measurements: 252 cm. long 29 cm wide 21cm long fringe
Date: 1925/1935
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library