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The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth
Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date:
1911?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1918 classified directory : containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of representative manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fort Worth and vicinity.
A 1918 Fort Worth Directory.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1919 - 1921 Birdville School]
Photograph of the 1919 - 1921 Birdville School class sitting and standing together. They are in front of a brick building and are looking towards the camera.
Date:
[1919..1921]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
36th Division USA (WWI) Passing in Review
World War I troops passing in review, marching down Main street in Fort Worth, TX, April 11, 1918
Date:
April 11, 1918
Creator:
American Publishing Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Accident Brake Appliance
Patent for an accident brake appliance for trains.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Troutt, Martin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Support and Bracket for Shade-Rollers and Curtains
Patent for a support for roller shades and window curtains. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights
Patent for a mechanism for adjusting and mounting train headlights. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
McCoy, Olan B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
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).
Date:
April 6, 1912
Creator:
Friedman, Bernard Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Glisson, Amos Adolphus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine
Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Helm, Virgil L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine.
Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Navigating Apparatus.
Patent for an aerial navigating apparatus with more details of combinations, construction, and presentation of parts.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Flanagan, Henry.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Millican, Joel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Millican, Joel Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cycle
Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Price, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner
Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Parks, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft Propelling and Manipulating
Patent for air craft propelling systems for improvements in control of the aircraft by way of a "universal connection" (Lines 13-14) which makes for easier manipulation of the craft and aids in the prevention of air disasters.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Schelb, Peter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Welding Company]
Photograph of the American Welding Company in 1918. Pictured is their leased large metal building and shed. A man with a wheelbarrow stands to the left of the shed. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date:
1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Welding Company]
Photograph of the American Welding Company plant site in 1918. A large metal shed houses approximately 10 vehicles in this photo. Homes are on the hillside in the distance. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date:
1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andy Nelson Postcard
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.
Date:
1912
Creator:
Lessie
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap whose specially designed cylinders play a crucial role in tiring the animal while it is struggling to escape the trap doors Ultimately, succumbing to exhaustion and hastening its drowning in the trap's water reservoir.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Link, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Reception Bay View Club September 26, 1917
Guest registry book for a reception at the Bay View Club in 1917; each page of the book contains the handwritten names of each person that was in attendance. Also included in the record is an envelope containing the ribbon that ties the booklet together.
Date:
September 26, 1917
Creator:
Bay View Club
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History