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Rubber Compund and Material for Use in Making the Same. (open access)

Rubber Compund and Material for Use in Making the Same.

Patent for a rubber compound, which is not damaged by oils and therefore usable in bearings. It features asphaltic bitumen rather than paraffin bitumen.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Strain, Ebenezer W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Liberty Bell]

Postcard of the cracked Liberty Bell in a black and white photograph. The note above the bell reads, "Sure do wish you were here with us - With Love - Sig." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave Beaumont, Texas."
Date: September 19, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Fire Station, Bryn Mawr, Pa.]

Postcard of the Bryn Mawr Fire Department at their new station, a two-story brick building with a belfry on the left. At the front of the station, there are three garage doors at the base, with a balcony above. The fire fighters are lined up with two horse-drawn wagons outside of their respective garage doors. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "As there is no principal strut here I will send you this. I am at St. David, Pa. These is nothing here but the station and a few houses, no stores. I expect to go down to Atlantic City this week."
Date: September 11, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Edward William Sill to Lacuta Boulaker, July 15, 1907]

Postcard from Edward William Sill to Lacuta Boulaker [sic]. The front of the postcard features a photograph from Saengerfest, in Boerne, Texas. The photo shows a busy street scene with a man holding an American flag and riding a horse. There are people walking, horse-drawn buggies, some children, and a marching band, all coming towards the camera. In the background, a brick, two-story building is also visible.
Date: July 12, 1907
Creator: Sill, Edward William
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins at Mrs. Turner's home, New Hope, PA, winter 1907-1908.
Date: 1907~/1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History