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[Allen Family road trip to visit Berg Family in Illinois photograph album] (open access)

[Allen Family road trip to visit Berg Family in Illinois photograph album]

Photograph album documenting the Allen Family road trip to visit the Berg Family in Illinois. Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen, Frances Marion Allen, Sheila Emery Allen, Annie Belle Emery Bright, and Sue Lottie Emery traveled together by car. Several of their overnight stops were at outdoor campsites. Many of the photographs are labeled with white handwritten inscriptions.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World War I Regiment]

Photograph of World War I S.A.T.C. regiment at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Dwight Ross, Sr. is 12th from the left. The back of the photograph lists five men and their addresses.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lieutenant Berg]

Photograph of Lieutenant Berg wearing a uniform consisting of a wide-brimmed hat, shirt with tie, and boots. He's standing in front of a cinder block building with a window on the right side. "Lieut. Berg. M. S. Army, Stationed at Fort Sheridan [..]. Summer 1918."
Date: Autumn 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum From Headquarters, 161st Depot Brigade, August 26, 1918] (open access)

[Memorandum From Headquarters, 161st Depot Brigade, August 26, 1918]

Memorandum outlining the regulations pertaining to the preparation of personnel records.
Date: August 26, 1918
Creator: Vanderblue, Homer B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from H. B. Vanderblue to Personnel Adjutants, September 27, 1918] (open access)

[Memo from H. B. Vanderblue to Personnel Adjutants, September 27, 1918]

Memorandum from the office of the Army Adjutant General to the commander of Camp Grant, forwarded by 1st. Lt. H. B. Vanderblue to unit personnel adjutants, stating that rubber stamps are no longer permitted on "E & A Cards, Form 22-2 A.G.O."
Date: September 27, 1918
Creator: Vanderblue, Homer B. & Bates, W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Road-Light. (open access)

Automobile Road-Light.

Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Tausch, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment. (open access)

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
COUPLING PATENT (open access)

COUPLING PATENT

This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date: July 10, 1919
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer. (open access)

Boiler-Skimmer.

Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Skimmer or Cleaner (open access)

Boiler Skimmer or Cleaner

Patent for improvements for a boiler skimmer or cleaner with suitable valves to control the blowing off from scum, steam or water.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Jaw Crushers (open access)

Frame for Jaw Crushers

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in frames for Jaw-Crushers (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Easton, William B. & Cole, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles] (open access)

[Advertisement for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and Related Titles]

A pamphlet advertising Harold Bell Wright's new book The Re-Creation of Brian Kent and other Wright titles.
Date: 1919
Creator: The Book Supply Copmany
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Chapter One] (open access)

[The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Chapter One]

A promotional pamphlet from the Book Supply Company featuring the first chapter of Harold Bell Wright's 1919 book The Re-Creation of Brian Kent.
Date: 1919
Creator: Wright, Harold Bell & Reynolds, Elsbery W.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox, July 11, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox, July 11, 1916]

Letter from the W. W. Kimball Company to C. C. Cox apologizing for failing to include something in their previous letter. Envelope is included.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: W. W. Kimball Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. W. Reynolds to C. C. Cox, August 23, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from E. W. Reynolds to C. C. Cox, August 23, 1918]

Mass letter from E. W. Reynolds of the Book Supply Company to school principals, in this case to C. C. Cox, advertising "The Re-Creation of Brian Kent" by Harold Bell Wright. The envelope is included.
Date: August 23, 1918
Creator: Reynolds, Elsbery W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marlin Sanitarium]

Postcard of the Marlin Sanitarium. The building is brick with a black roof, has a sign arching over the entrance reading, "Marlin Sanitarium," and "Sanitarium Ba[..]" is printed in large letters on the side of the building. "Bathhouse" is handwritten on the front and the correspondence on the back is addressed to "Miss Edna M. Young."
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steamer Dubuque

Photograph of a post card with the "Steamer Dubuque" river boat on the Mississippi River, Quincy, IL, postmarked July 25, 1910.
Date: July 25, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure, December 30, 1915] (open access)

[Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure, December 30, 1915]

Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure discussing the constitutional rules of consolidation of two seniority districts and where the information is found. Also discussed is the individual to contact (Brother Carter) if the recipient needs more definite information.
Date: December 30, 1915
Creator: Moore, Walter D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure, January 4, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure, January 4, 1916]

Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure discussing that Laisure's inquiry as to the authority to enable the 11th and 12th seniority districts to consolidate. Carter reiterates that Laisure does not have the permissions to authorize the consolidation, and to do so would call for objections from the company.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Carter, W. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from B. D. Bryan to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 19, 1912] (open access)

[Telegram from B. D. Bryan to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 19, 1912]

Telegram from B. D. Bryan to Mrs. W. J. Bryan stating when he will be able to leave Chicago.
Date: August 19, 1912
Creator: Bryan, Banard Dashiell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society] (open access)

[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society]

Pamphlet describing Kempner addresses Economics Society about commission form of government. Also, it documents an article on "Commission Government: Would It Suit New Orleans by Edward H. Burns?"
Date: 1911-03-13~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plate Retaining Device (open access)

Plate Retaining Device

Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Stafford, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom or Brush (open access)

Broom or Brush

Patent for metal brooms or brushes that are "strong and durable, relatively light in weight, and can be inexpensively manufactured" (line 13-15). It is intended for "sweeping snow, mud, slush, and the like" (line 16-17). The patent can also be applied for smaller version of metal brooms or brushes for other purposes.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Airhart, Noah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucket Excavator. (open access)

Bucket Excavator.

Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Bucket Excavators, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to excavators of that kind in which a bucked is arranged to travel back and forth upon a runway which is lowered into the ground and which is adapted to determine the cross sectional outline of the ditch or excavation" (lines 5-13).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Bettis, William I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History