Patent for an efficient, easy-open-and-close top for various types of cans which are used frequently.

Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.

Patent for a bale tie buckle made up of hooks that will not come apart under pressure.

Patent for improved apparatus for manufacturing carbureted gas at small cost for illuminating and general heating and power purposes.

Patent for a boat propeller that runs more efficiently by turning in such a way that the load of water on the propeller is taken off when its blades are going up.

Patent for a porch swing that can be converted into other different articles of furniture. Illustrations included.

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes a booklet with club information and bylaws.

Patent for improvements on controllers for levers

Photograph of the 1912 Fort Worth High School Champion Football team. There are fifteen young men total, one lying in the front row with a football, six sitting cross-legged in the second row, four kneeling in the third row and four standing in the back. They are wearing turtlenecks, football pants, tube socks and athletic shoes. In the background are trees and houses. Written on the boys are numbers that correspond to the writing on the bottom of that mat. It reads, "1. Coleman R.H., 2. Vaughn R.T.Capt., 3. Sharp R.B., 4. Nash L.H., 5. Garth A.E., 6. Thorne R.T., 7. Stewart G.R.T., 8. Watson L.E. Mgr., 9. Joplin Sub., 10. Massey Sub., 11. Carruthers R.G., 12. Eagle C., 13. Martin L.B., 14. Smith sub. 15. Thompson Mas."

Photograph of the Ft. Worth High School Baseball Team in 1912. Four players are seated in the front row, three are kneeling in the center and five are standing in the back row. They are wearing baseball uniforms including tube socks, belts and baseball caps. On the uniform are the letters, "FWH". In the background is a field and a wooden fence. The men are numbered and the bottom of the mat reads, "1. Walton OF, Coleman 3B.P. Capt., 3. Vaughn 1B, 4. Sharpe, 5. Eagle P., 6. McKee 2B., 7. Vogle A, 8. Land OF, 9. Paddock SS, 10. Garth SUP, 11. Hanger OFC, 12. Clements Of. Mgr. Won Lost".

Photograph of several construction workers building the W.T. Waggoner home in Ft. Worth, Texas. The bottom of the house has many wooden beams with brick pillars, and on top of that are twenty construction workers dressed in coveralls or suspenders, all with hats. In the foreground are stacks of bricks and wooden beams. In the bottom left-hand corner is written, "Waggoner, Res. Aug. 28th, 1912."

Studio photograph of fourteen faculty at the Polytechnic Public Schools Faculty in Ft. Worth, Texas. Seated in the front row are three men and three women, and standing in the back row are seven women and one man. The men are wearing suits with bow ties and neckties and one has a vest and mustache. The women are wearing long lace dresses, one is wearing a headband, one a brooch, two with necklaces and one is holding a purse. They are atop a rug and in front of a backdrop.

Studio portraits of a dark-haired young man from the bust up. He is wearing a dark corduroy jacket with a pin on the lapel, vest, white collared shirt and a striped tie. His hair is parted in the center.

Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).

Telegram from L. R. Gignilliat to Mrs. W. J. Bryan about receiving her telegram and of learning of Mr. Bryan's accident.

Postcard with a photo of Andy Nelson in a wagon. He was born in slavery in 1862. His life spanned from slavery to the Civil Rights movement. Andy served for 35 years as the Worshipful Master of the Mosier Valley Masonic Lodge No. 103 until his death in 1960. He served on several grand juries in the 1950s. He posed for this postcard in 1912.

Photograph of the officers and teachers of the Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church in 1912. There are eight women and four men in the photograph.

Photograph of the congregation of Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church in the summer of 1912. The group is shown standing in front the four-columned church. The children are shown in the front of the group and the adults are behind the children. There are stained-glass windows on the left and right.

Photograph of a group of ladies and a pastor standing on a porch. All of the women are wearing hats in the photograph.

Button. Blue border, white background, orange steer. "FORT WORTH THE REAL COW TOWN WELCOME HOME AGAIN 1912". A cream colored ribbon used to hang from it, but is completely missing. Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock

Green and white pin states: "MEMBER N.F. AND B.S. FT. WORTH 1912 (in center)". Old Object Term: Commemorative pin

Two tiered gold metal pin. Top portion states: "FT. WORTH 1912 36TH ANNUAL CONVENTION" Lower portion, in circular shape, states: "CATTLE RAISERS ASS'N OF TEXAS MEMBER". Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, livestock

Blue and white button that states: "FORT WORTH THE REAL COW TOWN (around outside) WELCOME HOME 1912 AGAIN (in center). An orange image of a cow is in the center. Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock