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Newsmap. Monday, March 8, 1943 : week of February 26 to March 5, 182nd week of the war, 64th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea -- Solomons -- Submarines -- Tunisia -- Russia -- Western Europe. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Tunisia -- Moscow/Leningrad region. Includes photographs: Attack: A-20 Boston bombers in central Tunisia -- Jeep rider: South Sea islander hitches a ride on an Army jeep -- Loudspeaker on Guadalcanal -- Jap 75 on New Guinea. Back: German Navy uniforms and insignia. Includes color illustrations of uniforms and components, and insignia with informational text. Chart of German pronunciation of military ranks with equivalent ratings in U.S. and German navies.
Date: March 8, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, June 8, 1942 : week of May 29 to June 5

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Cologne and Essen flattened -- Tiny subs find Sydney ready -- the Japanese "save face" -- Army of 4 1/2 million for '42 -- Mexico welcomed into war -- Rommel's forces turned -- Hitler's hangman dies -- Poison gas used in China -- Armies shift in Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Libyan battle, Dutch Harbor, Axis drives and British attacks at Libyan; Unalaska Is.; Unalaska Bay. Includes photographs: Producing the big seacoast rifles; Red gound defense on the Russian front; Nazis' Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; Yanks saw a motor show put on by Aussies; 4-motored Stirling bombers used over Cologne. Back: Enemy Tanks Are Vulnerable. Includes 10 photographs with descriptive text below each.
Date: June 8, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 243rd week of the war, 125th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Air offensive, Italy, Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, Eastern front. Maps: New Guinea; Pre-invasion air offensive. Includes 7 photographs. Back: Four approaches to Japan [from Alaska, from China-Burma, from Manchuria, from the S. W. Pacific]. Color illustrations showing the 4 approaches from perspective above the globe.
Date: May 8, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 278th week of the war, 160th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Jap-Held Island Hammered from Air, Philippines take Allied Aerial Blows, Allies Blunt German Western Front Drive, Battle Rages Inside Budapest. Maps: Burma, India, China -- Iwo-Jima -- Distance from Japan to Saipan -- Philippine targets -- Belgium region -- Central Europe -- Eastern front. Back: Map of Germany and its approaches.
Date: January 8, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Code for the Conquered

Front: Text describes principal points which disestablish the Reich and eliminate its war-making powers Photograph: A group of men in uniform and in street dress stand in the foreground appearing to read the code for the conquered. Back: Illustration of a serviceman in a hand-held test tube is accompanied by text giving points about identifying and preparing to pick a civilian job after discharge from the service.
Date: October 8, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for an alteration to cylindrical reciprocating washing machines that first provides "a washing-machine of the type above described in which the drum or body portion of the machine is supported at a single point at its bottom and gives a partial revolving motion thereon; second, to provide said machine wit-h a suspended horizontally-arranged and vertically-reciprocated stirring device or twirl, and, third, to provide mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the stirring device and at the same time imparting a rotary motion thereto, and also to the drum, but in an opposite direction from that of the stirrer" (lines 16-28)
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Hacke, Karl Wilh.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty (open access)

The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty

This report provides information on the Lisbon Treaty and possible U.S.-EU implications that may be of interest to the 112th Congress.
Date: February 8, 2011
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[German Ruins]

Photograph of the ruins of a building, taken immediately after the German surrender on May 8, 1945. The ground is strewn with rubble and dirt, and people stand to the right.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers After German Surrender]

Photograph of soldiers standing in front of a tall building after the German surrender on May 8, 1945.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Scene]

Photograph of a street scene after the German surrender on May 8, 1945. To the right, two girls carry a bucket between them. A group of people gather in front of a building in the background, and two lines of soldiers behind the fence on the left.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Scene After German Surrender]

Photograph of a street scene taken immediately after the German surrender in May of 1945. A large group of soldiers is visible on the left side of the road. On the right side, two men work outside a shop, and behind them civilians line the street.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[After German Surrender]

Photograph of a group of people standing together immediately after the German surrender on May 8, 1945. Buildings and a fence can be seen in the background.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple On the Road]

Photograph of people on the road after the German surrender on May 8, 1945. A man and woman standing with their cart occupy the foreground. There are several people on foot and another woman with a cart behind them. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[VE Day in Germany]

Photograph of soldiers posing outside a building on VE Day in Germany.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on VE Day]

Photograph of three unidentified soldiers on VE Day in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany. The one on the left sits with bottles in front of him, while the other two stand on the steps outside a building.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[German Prisoners of War]

Photograph of German prisoners of war walking in a column in Wurzburg, Germany. There are other soldiers and a truck on the road. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hole in Turret]

Photograph of a hole in the turret of a tank.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sgt. Walter Lehman]

Photograph of Sergeant Walter Lehman with a gun at his side. There is a building in the background.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Taylor Among Debris]

Photograph of Henry Taylor standing among the debris of a house in Giebelstadt, Germany.
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Celebrating VE Day]

Photograph of six soldiers celebrating VE Day in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany. Jacob Gotfryd is in the middle holding a spoon.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Voucher from Denmark/Germany in the denomination of 50 Plebiscit]

A voucher from Denmark/Germany in the denomination of 50 Plebiscit. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.
Date: August 8, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller]

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 50 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.
Date: April 8, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller]

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 10 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.
Date: May 8, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller]

A voucher from Germany in the denomination of 20 heller. The front and back of the document are combined into a single image.
Date: April 8, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History