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W. R. Norwood, County Surveyor of Dickens County (open access)

W. R. Norwood, County Surveyor of Dickens County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text and decorative designs in lithographic print by The Texas House, Galveston.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
G. A. Yantis, Cattle Dealer (open access)

G. A. Yantis, Cattle Dealer

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains cattle illustration, cattle brand description, and stylized text of business name.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Espuela Land and Cattle Company, Limited (open access)

Espuela Land and Cattle Company, Limited

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains illustrations of cattle and horse brands and the name Fred Horsbrugh, Manager.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of heavy thunderstorms which are mixed with widespread showers along a cold front moving through the Texas coastal plains and in areas behind the front in east, south and west Texas.
Date: January 23, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Martin, November 15, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Martin, November 15, 1987

Transcript of an interview with Jack Martin, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Nevada during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Martin, Jack J., 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Livestock

Photograph of sheep grazing on temporary pastures of wheat. Mr. R.R. Wooten has about 290 acres of Buffalo pasture but utilizes temporary pasture each year to prevent overgrazing of his permanent pastures. TX-40-912.
Date: October 12, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton-Bur Separator. (open access)

Cotton-Bur Separator.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating burs from cotton lint despite severe weather conditions, illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Samuel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator. (open access)

Axle Lubricator.

Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Bass, Thomas G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for a vaporizing attachment for internal combustion engines which provides means for vaporizing and introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders while the motor is in motion.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug

Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for a vacuum-energized make-and-break spark plug that "relates to new and useful improvements in ignition apparatus for internal combustion engines" (lines 16-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for simple and efficient improvements to vacuum-operated make-and-break spark plugs, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs. (open access)

Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs.

Patent for improvements in cleaning the electrodes of make and break spark plugs, with an illustration and explanation.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Irwin, H. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for the cutting of weeds and soil moving. It is designed to be attached to any cultivator or plow beam either singly or duplicated.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Turner, Edwin E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Device (open access)

Cotton-Picking Device

Patent for cotton-picking device. The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device for picking cotton by hand. Patent is for the protection of the digits.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Vincent, George Hilliard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spur Volunteer Fire Department Fire Engine]

Photograph of a Spur Volunteer Fire Department fire engine. There is a hose attached to the side of the truck. "Spur Vol. Fire" is painted on the side of the truck.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 3 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 3

Third volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the middle third of the study area. It includes tabular data and mapped information.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy R.; Nordstrom, Philip L. & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1

First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wichita Valley Railway Company v. Marshall, No. 3549] (open access)

[Clipping: Wichita Valley Railway Company v. Marshall, No. 3549]

Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3549, Wichita Valley Railway Company vs. W. P. Marshall, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, heard on February 14, 1931 and denied a rehearing on March 11, 1931. The cause was brought by W. P. Marshall to cover damages allegedly caused by the railway company to his land in Dickens County, Texas.
Date: 1931~
Creator: Jackson, J.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Traffic accidents] (open access)

[News Script: Traffic accidents]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about five deaths in a two car collision.
Date: February 7, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rock festival] (open access)

[News Script: Rock festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 21, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Southwestern 70 Peace Festival] (open access)

[News Script: Southwestern 70 Peace Festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 25, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 50, 1979 (open access)

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, Volume 50, 1979

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.
Date: 1979
Creator: Texas Archeological Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dickens County Jail]

Photograph of the Dickens County Jail in Dickens, Texas.
Date: June 1, 1983
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History