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[Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal.]

Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal. The large bowl tapers into grinding blades. There is a large wheel to hand turn blades. Imprinted on the wheel: "ENTERPRISE M'F'G CO. PHILADELPHIA U.S.A. #23409". Imprinted on the hub that holds the blades and the wheel: "ENTERPRISE GRIST MILL NO. 60".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dorothea Guenther. Taken while at Ogontz School in Pennsylvania.]

Portrait of Dorothea Guenther taken while at Ogontz School in Pennsylvania. Dorothea is wearing a dress with tiny dark circles. It has a netting type layer of bodice with beadwork trim. Beads are also seen on the short sleeves. She has dark hair that is pulled up and toward crown of her head. She is sitting in a wooden chair and has her left hand on the armrest. Portrait ends at knees.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Pennsylvania.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830] (open access)

[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830]

Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes: Philadelphia October 20, 1830
Date: October 20, 1830
Creator: Childes, C. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural planning : the village. (open access)

Rural planning : the village.

Describes various types of planned villages and provides examples of features in such communities.
Date: 1940
Creator: Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated May 20, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated May 20, 1858]

Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore and Moore's son Hamilton. The letter discusses De Cordova's upcoming tour of Europe.
Date: May 20, 1858
Creator: De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[18th Annual Congress SAR medal]

Photograph of a bronze medal distributed for the 18th Annual Congress SAR Delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 1905.
Date: May 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mail-Express train in Pennsylvania]

One of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Mail-Express trains, headed by a K4s locomotive with a standard coach on the rear-end, rolls through the Pennsylvania countryside on a cold, dismal day in January 1923.
Date: January 1923
Creator: Newman-Schmidt
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]

This photograph depicts the most famous stretch of railroad main line in the world as it appeared in the autumn of 1951- the Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve, located in Kittanning Gap in Pennsylvania. In this scene a Pennsylvania K4s locomotive acts as a "helper" on the head-end of a diesel powered train.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pennsy's Horseshoe Curve]

Photograph of a train passing between mountains near a lake. Characterized as one of the most fantastic scenes on any railroad - this is the Pennsylvania's Horseshoe Curve shortly after sunrise on a spring morning in 1954. This was the centennial year of Horse Shoe Curve, which was built in 1854. The Mountain in the background in the center of the Curve is Kittaning Mountain.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's predecessor to the Phoebe Snow, the Lackawanna Limited, second section of train No. 6 arriving at Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware Water Gap, in September 1949. The train is headed by a Pacific type locomotive.
Date: September 5, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence]

Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence.
Date: 1876
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Henry DeBarger, March 29th, 1841] (open access)

[Letter to Henry DeBarger, March 29th, 1841]

Letter to Henry DeBarger of York, Pa. from someone in the paper mill business in Philadelphia. Signature of person sending the letter is indecipherable.
Date: March 29, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting the Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia etc.

Hand-colored engraving of the Great Lakes region of North America showing settlements, roads and topography.
Date: 1805
Creator: Cary, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876 (open access)

Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876

Front cover of an exhibition guide from Philadelphia.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876 (open access)

Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876

Front cover of an exhibition guide from Philadelphia.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son] (open access)

[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son, "Manufacturers of Iron Planers, Lathes, Drills, Patent Portable Hoists, and Other Machinists' Tools" regarding an order for a portable hoist.
Date: October 2, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stan Kenton with Benedict Gimbel, Jr. and Murray Arnold]

Photograph of Stan Kenton with two other men shown, from left to right: Stan Kenton; Mr. Benedict Gimbel, Jr., president and general manager of WIP (radio station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Mr. Murray Arnold, project director. Kenton and Arnold are seated at a table with Gimbel standing behind them; Arnold is presenting Kenton with a plaque for the First Annual Showmanship award in a contest arranged by WIP.
Date: May 1952
Creator: Schick, Jules
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Stan Kenton, Mayor James T. Hamlow and June Christy]

The photograph is of Mayor James T. Hamlow presenting Stan Kenton and June Christy the key the city of Scranton.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years

From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date: April 10, 1962
Creator: Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
External Environmental Radiation Measurements in the United States (open access)

External Environmental Radiation Measurements in the United States

Report regarding ion chamber measurements made of the external environmental radiation in various location in the United States during the summer of 1957.
Date: March 11, 1958
Creator: Solon, Leonard R.; Lowder, Wayne M.; Zila, Albert; LeVine, H. D.; Blatz, Hanson & Eisenbud, Merril
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958

From Abstract: "This report up-dates certain sections of HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". In particular, the levels of Strontium-90 in fallout, milk, tap water, air, and soil are included for data available up to November 1, 1958."
Date: November 19, 1958
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, May 29, 1959

From Abstract: "This report is one of a sequence of quarterly reports, each designed to up-date its predecessor beginning with HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". Herein are presented data which have accrued since HASL-55. Levels of strontinum-90 in fallout, milk, air, water, vegetation, foods, and bone are given, based on data available from February 1, 1959 to May 20, 1959."
Date: May 29, 1959
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Data on Fallout From the Fall 1961 USSR Test Series: Staff Report (open access)

Preliminary Data on Fallout From the Fall 1961 USSR Test Series: Staff Report

From introduction: "Following the USSR announcement of its intention to resume testing, arrangements were made for the three stations collecting individual rainfall samples to begin analyses for short-lived nuclides. Some of the data are now available and are reported here." From Data: "The available data, including samples for Houston, Texas and Louisville, Kentucky are given in the tables at the end of this report."
Date: February 27, 1962
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library