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Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #24

A 5 x 7 photograph print showing Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) #24, 2-8-2 (BLW), builder's photo. [Sylvan Rupert Wood print] [see also 2008.008.3797 & 7149]
Date: 1916
Creator: Baldwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6]

Memorandum outlining S. A. T. C. Military Administration Districts, jurisdictions of the committees and department commanders, and the headquarters of department commanders.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid. (open access)

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) in which aluminum carbid "is subjected to the action of chlorin or a gas containing chlorin" (lines 17-19) and is more cost effective, uses less heat, and does not require the use of bauxite (optional) or metallic aluminum.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Smith, Dillon F. & Essex, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid. (open access)

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) wherein solid materials are preheated to alleviate heating supply issues during the process.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: King, George H. & Roberts, Gerald I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from J. F. Jones to W. R. Haskell, 1918] (open access)

[Letters from J. F. Jones to W. R. Haskell, 1918]

Copies of two letters sent by J. F. Jones to W. R. Haskell and his company in 1918, both regarding prices for unhulled sweet clover seed.
Date: 1918
Creator: Jones, J. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Line of Soldiers at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard image of uniformed soldiers standing in a curving line, with handwritten text in the lower-left corner: "The Mess Line. Camp MacArthur. Waco, Texas." Rows of large tents are visible to the left of the line and mess hall. Handwritten text addressed to Miss Ethel Reser and postmarked 1918 says: "Are you taking good care of the dogs? How's your lazy dad? This is how your uncle gets his eats. Al"
Date: October 20, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins on Vardius, who was imported from Austria, at Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters, New Hope, PA, c. 1910.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins and Mrs. Turner with Vardius at Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters, New Hope, PA, c. 1910.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins on Pony Boy at Tompkins Western Attractions Winter Quarters, New Hope, PA, c. 1910.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Andrew McClintock to Jeane, December 23, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew McClintock to Jeane, December 23, 1914]

Letter from Dan to Jeane discussing a Christmas greeting from Dan wishing her a jolly time on Christmas day.
Date: December 23, 1914
Creator: McClintock, Andrew H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Manufacture of Organic Solvents (open access)

Improvements in Manufacture of Organic Solvents

Patent for new improvements to the manufacture of organic solvents. Specifically as it it relates to the treatment of acetone oils with catalysts for the purpose of converting the ketones contained within the acetone oil into alcohol.
Date: December 5, 1914
Creator: Hibbert, Harold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Gasolene. (open access)

Manufacture of Gasolene.

Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline Burner for Incandescent Lighting (open access)

Gasoline Burner for Incandescent Lighting

Patent for Gasoline Burner for Incandescent Lighting
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Volz, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Amyl Acetate (open access)

Process of Making Amyl Acetate

Patent for Process of Making Amyl Acetate
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Essex, Harry & Brooks, Benjamin T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stable Rosin and Process of Making the Same (open access)

Stable Rosin and Process of Making the Same

Patent for the process of manufacturing hydrogenated rosin.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Brooks, Benjamin T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Distilling Petroleum. (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Distilling Petroleum.

Patent for apparatus and improving practices associated with distillation of petroleum as undistilled residues, as well as petroleum in other forms.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Van Dyke, John W.; Irish, William M.; Ellis, H. A. & Esterly, Edw. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.

Patent for the new and improved production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons; "[t]his invention relates to the production of dichlorinated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, and particularly to the production of mixtures of dichlorinated hydrocarbons containing dichlor-ethylene and dichlor-propylene from mixtures of ethylene hydrocarbons containing ethylene and propylene." (lines 13-20)
Date: December 10, 1915
Creator: Brooks, Benjamin T. & Smith, Dillon F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Soldiers Marching at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of the soldiers of Section "B" marching on a dirt road at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. William Jennings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and says, "Dear friend, This is [?] life down here and I like it better every day. Am at present (acting) corporal while in the detention camp. Will be assigned to my squad or company when I get out of quarantine. Roland A Bosler. Aviation Camp, Waco, Texas."
Date: March 25, 1918
Creator: Bosler, Roland A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Fire Fighters with a Hand-Drawn Fire Engine]

Postcard of uniformed fire fighters standing near a hand-drawn fire engine. The engine has two poles on its front for the fire fighters to carry, and requires multiple people to move. The engine has the words, " Torrent Veteran" written on its hose. On the back of the postcard, the sender left a handwritten message that says, "Cannot find any cards of the Phila. Fire Dept. -Edna V. Johnson."
Date: June 29, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Edna V.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918]

Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr. regarding the death of her son and the compassion that Henry Clay, Jr. showed their family. She goes on to describe the unfair treatment Washington has given Clay, Jr.'s detachment in England and herself by not clarifying the cause of Harold Ainsworth's death.
Date: January 28, 1918
Creator: Ainsworth, Alliert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Oilwell Derrick in Bradford, Pennsylvania]

Postcard of a wooden oil derrick erected over a shed with a group of people on the ground. The letter on the back of the postcard reads, "Dear Mamie, I'd like to shake you for not writing when my train letters was longer. Have at you, woman. I hear you're going to leave old Gunston. Good work my dear, and please give my B. some extra hand slaps for me. Remember our fights? Oh no. Heard lots about you, please write, Bowie." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden McFadden Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus (open access)

Game Apparatus

Patent for a game that is designed to impart instruction or information according to subject or topic desired.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Prickett, Clinton E. & Cool, Roy D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mine Workings Under a Part of the Southeast Section of the City of Scranton

Map that illustrates sections of the anthracite coal mines beneath the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania to accompany a bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
Date: 1912
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mine Workings Under a Part of the Hyde Park Section of the City of Scranton

Map that illustrates sections of the anthracite coal mines beneath the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania to accompany a bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
Date: 1912
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The UNT Digital Library