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[Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, October 28, 1917]
Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.
Date:
October 28, 1917
Creator:
Lucas, E.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage certificate for John Jerome Rogers and Julia Ann Pratt. July 3, 1...]
Marriage certificate for John Jerome Rogers and Julia Ann Pratt. July 3, 1917 in the state of Illinois. (#3 of 4 documents that were bound together)
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States
Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Writing-Machine.
Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keyboard for Writing Machines.
Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History