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Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for improvement in plows: "The invention consists in so attaching a revolving disk, cutter, or colter to the beam of the plow that it will rotate on its own axis, and vibrate laterally, to accommodate itself to the line of draft or direction of the beam of the plow; also, in the means used by which the revolving cutter or colter is attached to the beam of the plow, and having the means of swiveling or turning in the beam to accommodate itself to the line of draft of the plow" (lines 22-31) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 28, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1891 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1891

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 28, 1892 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 28, 1892

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 28, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, October 28, 1917]

Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.
Date: October 28, 1917
Creator: Lucas, E.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. Pfotenhauer, July 28, 1927] (open access)

[Letter from F. Pfotenhauer, July 28, 1927]

Letter from F. Pfotenhauer handwritten in German.
Date: July 28, 1927
Creator: Pfotenhauer, F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0315]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Senator Gore arrives in Chicago for their national convention"
Date: June 28, 1928
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0392.0541]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, as she appeared riding around in a riesha on the world's fair grounds in Chicago July 28."
Date: July 28, 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) 2567

A photograph print showing Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) 2567, 4-4-2 (P5), Galesburg, IL.
Date: August 28, 1938
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) 2833

A photograph print showing Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ) 2833, 4-6-2 (S-1-A), Galesburg, IL.
Date: August 28, 1938
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0422.0175]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Morris Fishbein, stormy petrel of American medicine stepped down Friday from his job with the American Medical association."
Date: May 28, 1940
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 3416

A photograph print showing Santa Fe 3416, 4-6-2, on passenger train, Chillicothe, IL
Date: October 28, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter to the Eastman Kodak Company, September 28, 1942] (open access)

[Letter to the Eastman Kodak Company, September 28, 1942]

Letter to the Eastman Kodak Company providing notes about some film the author sent to them.
Date: September 28, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, November 28, 1942] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, November 28, 1942]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner sending a 100 foot Kodachrome film for development. He also mentions the A & M Football Game.
Date: November 28, 1942
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0931.0501]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Milada Mladova whom Oklahoma City knew as Annabelle Mraz, talented daughter of a violin teacher, will appear in Municipal Auditorium January 8 with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, the OKC girl has scored many artistic triumphs as well as great critiques, as one reviewer said she had brought the entertainment world "the most glamorous face since Greta Garbo."
Date: December 28, 1942
Creator: Seymour, Maurice
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Bernikow Preparing Rations for Other Soldiers]

Photograph of Bernikow, left, preparing rations for other soldiers that have gathered in a wooded area. He and another soldier are holding a stick with a suspended frying basket that contains several cans of food. They're holding this basket over a smoking garbage can. Other soldiers to the right are holding pans and cups.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Soldiers Standing by Tents]

Photograph of five uniformed U.S. Army soldiers standing together in front of a group of tents. The man on the left is wearing a backpack, while the man to his left carries a satchel.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine Resting Outside Evacuation Station]

Photograph of Nathan Levine kneeling underneath the tent structure of an evacuation station. He is holding a helmet under his arm and kneels beside a blanket covered with a frying pan.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nathan Levine Standing Outside Evacuation Station]

Photograph of Nathan Levine standing in front of the tent structure of an evacuation station. He is wearing an Army uniform, helmet, and a satchel. The man with his hands crossed in the background is Lieutenant Kurtz. Trees covered the background.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Standing Outside Receiving Medical Station]

Photograph of four uniformed and helmeted U.S. Army soldiers standing together outside a tent in a wooded area. The tent is identified as a medical receiving station. The men are identified from left to right as Private Howard Levine, Lieutenant Stavros, Lieutenant Simon, and Lieutenant Kurtz.
Date: September 28, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to American Florists Supply Co., August 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to American Florists Supply Co., August 28, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to American Florist Supply Co. asking the company to send two sprinkling cans and two rose tips along with the ADCO ordered made previously that week if it has not shipped out yet.
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mildred Shipley, August 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mildred Shipley, August 28, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mildred Shipley discussing Kempner overpaying for a TIME subscription and referencing earlier letters about the issue.
Date: August 28, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to American Florists Supply Co., September 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to American Florists Supply Co., September 28, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the American Florist Supply Co. requesting seed flats, tin case thermometers, Corona clippers, one pound of poison wheat, 10 pounds aluminum sulphate, and 100 pounds bone meal.
Date: September 28, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Geo. J. Ball, Inc., September 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Geo. J. Ball, Inc., September 28, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Geo. J. Ball, Inc. requesting one seed packet of Heavenly Blue Morning Glory.
Date: September 28, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Poison Grains] (open access)

[Invoice for Poison Grains]

Invoice for items sold to H. Kempner by American Florist Supply Co., including a pound of Poison grains for $0.70, shipped to J. Bertig.
Date: November 28, 1944
Creator: American Florist Supply Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History