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Improvement in Signals (open access)

Improvement in Signals

Patent for a signal for an exhaust pipe of an automobile. Essentially, this device would quiet exhaust noise leaving an automobile.
Date: February 26, 1919
Creator: Baker, James Slayton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder (open access)

Rein-Holder

Patent for a rein holder for attachment to vehicles that stays securely in place.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Bean, Jesse Alfonso
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Cart. (open access)

Log-Cart.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin log carts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Bender, Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Charles Goff, February 1, 1994

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Charles Goff about his experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Goff discusses his move from Akron, Ohio, the construction of the plant, safety procedures, bond drives, housing and transportation adjustments, and the social and economic effects on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a drawing of a "rim to be shellacked" and a "rim" [1 leaf].
Date: February 1, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Goff, Charles
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Crouch, Jim L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket. (open access)

Wire Basket.

Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a wire basket formed of a circular bottom, and a wire frame bent to form a cylinder, in the lower part of which cylinder the circular bottom is held" (lines 13-16).
Date: February 10, 1885
Creator: Elliott, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

Saw-Filing Machine.

Patent for a saw filing machine that keeps the teeth of saws properly aligned, while they are being sharpened.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Ernest Kelley, February 20, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Ernest Kelley, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Antioch, Texas (now the Red River Army Depot), who served with the 112th Cavalry. Kelley discusses growing up in the Depression, joining the Guard, mobilization and training, horses, the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to New Caledonia, landing on Woodlark island and action there, the Battle of Arawe, redeployment to Australia, the Battle of Driniumor River in New Guinea, the Battles of Leyte and Luzon, returning to the United States, and reflections on his time in the Army. In appendix is a list of people and places named in the interview with lat/long coordinates, descriptions of military equipment, and the 112th's WWII service chronicle.
Date: February 20, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn & Kelley, Ernest L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Folding Table (open access)

Folding Table

Patent for a folding table. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Moore, William Bryant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Irving Weber, February 20, 1945] (open access)

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Irving Weber, February 20, 1945]

Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Irving Weber explaining that he sent the original letter to Kempner, discussing a brochure created by him and Rabbi Friedman, and requesting that Leo Walkow be appointed as a co-chairman because he is Nathan's first cousin and can be vouched for.
Date: February 20, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow, February 26, 1945] (open access)

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow, February 26, 1945]

Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow requesting that he serve as the Texarkana chairman for the Hillel Building Fund. He explains the importance of this fund and discusses some individuals in Texarkana who have ties to The University of Texas at Austin.
Date: February 26, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Offenhausen Building]

Photograph of the Old Offenhausen Building (located at State Line Ave & 3rd St) in Texarkana, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Saenger Theater]

Photograph of the Saenger Theater (located at 219 Main St) in Texarkana, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Saenger Theater]

Photograph of the Saenger Theater (located at 219 Main St) in Texarkana, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5813 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5813

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the facts submitted, may the Equalization Board of the Texarkana, Texas, Public Schools evaluate and assess for taxation money and securities of certain estates deposited in the Texarkana National Bank?
Date: February 1, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Ammo plant cutbacks] (open access)

[News Script: Ammo plant cutbacks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 19, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak directors who have given approval to begin Amtrak passenger train service to Dallas.
Date: February 4, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak which has been approved passenger train service to Dallas.
Date: February 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Campus violence] (open access)

[News Script: Campus violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 17, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cease-fire economics] (open access)

[News Script: Cease-fire economics]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fatal Wreck] (open access)

[News Script: Fatal Wreck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a station wagon which is carrying fourteen persons was struck from behind by a truck near New Boston, Texas.
Date: February 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Garland bond election] (open access)

[News Script: Garland bond election]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Munition plant layoffs] (open access)

[News Script: Munition plant layoffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library