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Balch House, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The facade of the house is horizontal in orientation and the surface treatment appears to be a beige stucco with heavy wood trim.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Balch House, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The interior of the house features heavy use of wood and brick.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Shorthorn Breeders' Association Registry Certificate, December 13, 1917]
This is a certificate from the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. The registry form has not been completely filled out.
Date:
December 13, 1917
Creator:
American Shorthorn Breeders' Association
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Chicago "Pay-Car"]
This photograph portrays an unusual rail consist: Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's Engine No. 202, a 2-6-2 type heading the "pay-car" in Chicago. In this era the railroad's tracks were being elevated throughout the metropolitan area.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Hastman, Lee
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Suburban commuter train leaving Chicago]
One of Illinois Central Railroad's early suburban trains - headed by Engine No. 1050 - a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of five handcrafted wooden cars, having open platforms and under-body truss rods - leaving Central Station in Chicago. At the turn of the century the Illinois Central Railroad was providing commuter service.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Daylight Special" at Chicago Central Station]
One of the Illinois Central's de luxe passenger trains; the "Daylight Special" train No. 19 southbound, stands in the Central Station in Chicago - as passengers entrain - prior to the departure hour : 10:02 AM. This train (and its companion, No. 20 northbound) operated between Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis. The rail distance was 294.17 miles; and the schedule was 7 hours and 44 minutes: equivalent to a running time of about 40 miles per hour. This photograph was taken in the summer of 1911. This was a modern train in that era - cited in the Official Guide of the Railways (June 1916) as: All steel and electric-lighted. The consist included: chair cars and coaches, cafe-club car and Observation Parlor car.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Automobile Dealers and Factory Representatives Banquet, 1916
Photograph of a large amount of men in dark suits seated around dinner tables in a banquet hall. Most of the men are wearing vests and all are wearing bow ties or neckties. Some of the men have mustaches or glasses. The tables are covered in white tablecloths and fine dinnerware with small lamps. The ornate room is topped with a balcony upon which Texas flags are hanging and there is a chandelier is hanging from the ceiling. In the bottom right-hand corner are the words, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram Banquet to Texas Automobile Dealers and Factory Representatives, Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Jan. 26, 1916" and in the bottom left is, "Kaufmann and Fabry Co., Chicago".
Date:
January 26, 1916
Creator:
Kaufmann and Fabry Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate Retaining Device
Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush
Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bucket Excavator.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Bettis, William I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from B. D. Bryan to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 19, 1912]
Telegram from B. D. Bryan to Mrs. W. J. Bryan stating when he will be able to leave Chicago.
Date:
August 19, 1912
Creator:
Bryan, Banard Dashiell
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 21, March 1, 1914
Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date:
March 1, 1914
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 6, July 1, 1913
Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Release Deed of Trust from Amelia Francis Robischung to Edward B. Leigh]
Statement of the fulfillment of a mortgage paid by Henry B. Robischung of Kalamazoo, Michigan; this release deed is from Amelia Francis Robischung, the widow of Henry, acknowledging the that mortgage in "Volume 4, pages 10-13 of the Deed of Trust records of Kerr County, Texas, is fully satisfied and discharged." The second paragraph is signed by the notary public acknowledging that Amelia appeared and is the same person whose name is on the document.
Date:
March 26, 1919
Creator:
Leavell, John R.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Camp MacArthur Cot Inspection]
Postcard of soldiers standing at attention behind neat cots outside of a long line of tents, with the caption "Inspection." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard, which is addressed to Mr. A.F. Frederick, says "Dear Father: This is what we get here and plenty of it. They are very strict with us. Take good care of my wife dad and I'll do my best here. Goodbye and good luck. Your son."
Date:
May 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement
From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date:
1912
Creator:
Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amerika Esperantisto (Chicago, Ill.), Vol. 8, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1910
Monthly English and Esperanto-language magazine from Chicago, Illinois that includes news and information concerning the Esperanto language along with advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, October 25, 1912]
Letter from the Jacksonian Optical College to Edith Wilson Sutherlin, on October 25, 1912, informing her of her first exam scores.
Date:
October 25, 1912
Creator:
Jacksonian Optical College
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Michigan Boulevard Entrance of The Blackstone in Chicago]
Postcard of a marble entryway leading to a staircase with a golden handrail on the left and two more staircases leading to a lower level on either side of three statues. The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Texas, McFaddin Ave."
Date:
May 20, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of New Post Office Building in Chicago]
Postcard of a large white complex with an orange domed roof and American flag flying from the top. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Beaumont, Tex."
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles]
A pamphlet advertising Harold Bell Wright's new book The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and other Wright titles.
Date:
1919
Creator:
The Book Supply Copmany
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox, July 11, 1916]
Letter from the W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox apologizing for failing to include something in their previous letter. Envelope is included.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
W. W. Kimball Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marlin Sanitarium]
Postcard of the Marlin Sanitarium. The building is brick with a black roof, has a sign arching over the entrance reading, "Marlin Sanitarium," and "Sanitarium Ba[..]" is printed in large letters on the side of the building. "Bathhouse" is handwritten on the front and the correspondence on the back is addressed to "Miss Edna M. Young."
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History