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[Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter, 1912-06-10]

Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter saying he would be glad "to exchange with [Pendexter] at any time. He also tells Pendexter the address for J. P. Eagan and says he has good pictures too; the photograph on the reverse side shows an few oil tanks caught on fire with a caption reading: "Tanks of Oil Destroyed by Fire June 13-1911 Sapulpa, Oklahoma."
Date: June 10, 1912
Creator: Shannahan, Bernard
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter, July 7, 1912]

Postcard from B. Shannahan to George Pendexter with a photograph showing a firemen convention in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The photograph shows a horse-drawn fire wagon racing down a street with a large crowd of people lined up on the sidewalk watching the action; some of the firemen on the wagon are working with the large hose loaded in the back.
Date: July 5, 1912
Creator: Shannohan, Bernard
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lon Poling to J. J. Click - March 4, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from Lon Poling to J. J. Click - March 4, 1900]

Letter from Lon Poling to J.J. Click, asking to sell Click's quilting invention in Alabama and Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: March 4, 1900
Creator: Poling, Lon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Grant, James K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History