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[Name Card]
A name card from the C. B. Moore Collection. This card has the name John J. Ligstein printed on it in script. It also has the city Chicago printed on it on the lower right hand corner of the card.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New Map of Chicago Comprising the Whole City
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Chicago parks, public buildings, railroad stations, land ownership, and railroads. Includes population statistics for 1840 through 1855. Cadastral map. Scale [1:14,400].
Date:
October 1855
Creator:
Wm. Hall & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations with their respective distances by shortest route from Chicago.
Map shows existing and under-construction railroad lines, "Military Tract" road, and settlements along railway lines. Includes notes, distances along rail lines, and population statistics for Chicago. Scale not given.
Date:
1854
Creator:
Miller & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System.
Map shows major railroad company lines and connections; state boundaries, cities and towns along each train routes, steamship lines for coastal ports, and notable physical features. Alphabetical listing of railroad companies shown in margin text. Scale not given.
Date:
[1907..1910]
Creator:
Rand McNally and Company.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicago water plan
Map shows Chicago street names, canals, and lake tunnels during the late nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:25,334].
Date:
1878
Creator:
Shober & Carqueville
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Chicago Harbor Illinois
Map shows railroads and dock ownership by railroads and corporations in Chicago Harbor during the late nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:2400].
Date:
1890
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Chicago, showing the burnt district
Map shows street names, railroads, railroad stations, parks, wards, and some buildings; area burned in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Scale not given.
Date:
1871
Creator:
Freeman & Burr
Object Type:
Map
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
311 South Wacker
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The view of the skyscraper at 311 South Wacker street in Chicago is shown near the Sears Tower. All 65 stories of the building are visible.
Date:
1990
Creator:
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
311 South Wacker
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The upper half of the skyscraper is shown in this view. The building is light in color and composed of several vertical elements.
Date:
1990
Creator:
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
311 South Wacker
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The aerial view shows the building in its setting as well as the cylindrical elements atop the skyscraper.
Date:
1990
Creator:
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Woodlawn Gardens
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The exterior view of the apartment building shows the Modernist simplicity of design of the red brick building with small vertical and horizontal windows.
Date:
1960/1969
Creator:
Tigerman, Stanley
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Winslow House
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The yellow facade of the house in its neighborhood setting is visible in this view.
Date:
1893/1894
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Winslow House
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The intricately carved acanthus leaf design from the front door is shown.
Date:
1893/1894
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Winslow House
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Facade carved detail is shown in this view. The carved details surround the windows.
Date:
1893/1894
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Winslow House
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
The interior dining room, chandelier, painted frieze on wall and the curved seating in front of the windows are shown.
Date:
1893/1894
Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Object Type:
Image
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bottle-Stopper.
Patent for "a bottle-stopper which shall not require any wire, cap or clamp for holding it and which shall by reason of its form and of the materials of which it is composed afford a tight joint or seal under all circumstances." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
Davis, Clifton H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Punch.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
Date:
March 17, 1896
Creator:
Woodworth, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing.
Patent for a journal-bearing that has an open spring ring that contains the journal and antifriciton devices in its center. The spring ring contracts to its minimum circumference when the journal and antifriciton devices are worn out. There is also a bearing-ring seat that allows contractions "without altering the disposition of the load" (lines 61-62).
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Woodworth, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retort Vaporizer and Superheater
Patent for improvements for vaporizers "of simple and highly efficient means for thoroughly and effectively superheating the vapor of water and oil" (lines 13-15).
Date:
March 26, 1889
Creator:
Biddison, Stella D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton-press that compresses "cotton as it is delivered from the gin into convenient shape and size of bundle, for facilitating the transportation thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter
Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
O'Brien, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle.
Patent for a hose nozzle with increased capacity and efficiency. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1897
Creator:
Adams, Don B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pillbox Hat
Pillbox hat of black velvet.
Date:
1955
Creator:
Green-Field, Benjamin B., 1898-1988
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library