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John F. Kennedy's Motorcade in Dallas
Photograph of John F. Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, Texas on the morning of his assassination. Kennedy is seated in the back row of an open vehicle with his wife Jacqueline as well as Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nelly who are seated in the row in front of them. Several police officers on motorcycles are partially visible around the car and there is a crowd of onlookers on either side of the road.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train passing through Dallas]
Observe this rare specimen of steam motive power: Southern Pacific's Engine 741, a Mikado, type 2-8-2 locomotive, Train No. 155, heading a passenger train of two cars passing through Belt Junction in Dallas on June 22, 1952. Train 155 was a mixed freight and passenger train from Beaumont, Texas, which having dropped off its freight cars at Fox siding, out of sight just behind the coach, will continue to Union Terminal to deliver its passengers and express. The freight cars left at Fox would then be picked up by the Miller Yard switch engine and sorted for delivery in the yard. Engine 741 was one of fifty-seven of the Mk-5 class engines normally assigned to the train when it ran heavy.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas & Pacific 1500HP F7A No.1581 which has been re-geared for passenger service and a 2250HP E8 approach the Belt Junction Interlocker with a mostly mail and express Train No.15 "The Texan" on June 22,1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Louisiana Eagle" in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 21 "Louisiana Eagle", headed by Engine No. 2005, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive in Dallas, Texas on June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
Texas and Pacific's " The Texan" train No. 15, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 1581, at Belt Junction in Dallas, on June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Owl" entering Dallas at sunrise]
Southern Pacific's "The Owl" train No. 17, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No 203, crossing the Trinity River bridge enroute into Dallas at sunrise on the morning of June 22, 1952.
Date:
June 22, 1952
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jas E. Smith to Milton Parks]
Letter from Jas. E. Smith to Milton Parks. The letter is dated June 22, 1876 and was sent from Dallas, Texas.
Date:
June 22, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device.
Patent for a new and improved lubricating device. This design consists of "[t]he combination, with the cross-head of an engine or other reciprocating part of machinery, and the guides or ways on which it works, of a reservoir for the lubricant, a wheel for taking up and applying the same to the friction-surface with which the wheel works in contact, and a spring for supporting the wheel" (para. 10). This design prevents dust and other pollutants from entering the reservoir.
Date:
January 22, 1878
Creator:
Walton, Franklin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force - Pumps.
Patent for new and improved force pump with three cylinders.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Chambers, J. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber, Railway Ties, &c.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for treating and preserving. This design "insure[s] the complete and perfect treatment or impregnation of timber of varying hardness and density, and to provide a portable organization of apparatus by which timber at various points or stations along the line of a railroad can be treated with great facility, efficiency, and economy" (lines 12-19).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Kreuter, Hugh E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for an "apparatus for protecting or guarding electric circuits; and it has for its object to protect or guard electric circuits, such as burglar-alarm circuits, from interference by unauthorized or mischievous agencies." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti Friction Journal.
Patent for a new and improved anti-friction journal. This design "relates to anti-friction devices adapted especially for hoisting pulleys; and it has for its object to provide a device in which the shaft or axis of the main hoisting-pulley shall be supported or mounted upon the peripheries of wheels of a considerable diameter as compared with that of the hoisting-pulley, whereby the friction may be lessened to the greatest possible extent" (lines 24-32).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Taylor, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Seed and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. This design is especially "for seeding cotton; but the machine is converted into a corn-planter by detaching the bottom of the hopper, removing the space-block, disconnecting the pitman, and then removing the slide, and substituting in lieu thereof a device composed of a bottom, having a seed-opening, and a bridge-form metallic striker, arranged across the same, and a dropper-slide, having dropper holes" (lines 95-2).
Date:
March 22, 1881
Creator:
Evans, William V. & Moore, Edgar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight for Horses' Hoofs.
Patent for improvement in weights for horses’ hoofs by providing “a toe-weight or side weight which will adjust itself to the inclination of the hoof to which it is applied, and further, to provide a weight that will be self-locking, be effectively held against rattling, and be readily attachable and detachable.” (Lines 9-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 22, 1891
Creator:
King, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reflector Holder for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved reflector holder for lamps. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a lamp and a lamp-collar, provided with a circumferential flange, of a reflector provided with a keeper, spring-clasp, springing around said collar under the flange at its lower end, and having its free ends bent angularly at their upper ends and secured in said keeper by their tension and slide" (lines 2-9).
Date:
April 22, 1884
Creator:
Williams, Daniel Ruggles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin
Patent for a saw-gin which when constructed can run all of its parts with a single belt, which reduces the need for space allowing for more gins to be used in the same amount of space.
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar.
Patent for "a perpetual calendar embodying such a construction that the movement of a finger device will turn wheels, so as to successively display the names of the days of the week, the numbers of the days of the months, and the names of the months, the mechanism being such that the name of a month will be displayed until the numbers of all its days have been displayed, when the name of the succeeding month will be displayed, and so on." (Lines 13-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Dickason, Frank B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet for Blanks.
Patent for"cabinets, cases, or boxes designed for use in hotels, post-offices, and other places where stationery is required by guests or other portions of the public." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
Kinsel, Abram Myers; Hunter, George Alexander & Nolley, Seth Ballard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[President Kennedy greets the crowd at Dallas Love Field Airport]
Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas Times Herald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd greets President Kennedy at Love Field]
Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas Times Herald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd greeting the Kennedys at Love Field]
Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. Mrs. Kennedy is visible at the left edge of the picture.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas Times Herald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Kennedys make their way through the crowd at Dallas Love Field]
Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows President and Mrs. Kennedy greeting the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas Times Herald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Kennedys among the crowd at Dallas Love Field]
Original black and white photographic negative taken by a Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows the President and Mrs. Kennedy among the crowd at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas Times Herald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History