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[Julia and Porter Rankin]

Photograph of Julie and Porter Rankin seated in a horse-drawn buggy along a dirt road. They look back towards the photographer, stationary in front of a sparse settlement of houses.
Date: September 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Progressive Democracy Wagon]

Photograph of a mule-drawn wagon, decorated with the words "PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY" along a cloth hanging from the side of the mule and with the words "WOODROW" and "WILSON" and the front and back wheels, respectively, bearing two women—Elma and Belulah Graves—in dark-colored dresses surrounded by flowers and a flag. The parade wagon is parked on a dirt road in front of T. S. Sacra's home, a two-story house.
Date: July 4, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Patton on a Horse]

Photograph of George Patton, mounted on a horse in front of a wagon. Another man, dismounted from his horse, is in front of Patton.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Tennis Behind the Midland School]

Photograph of professors in the Midland school playing tennis behind the two-story brick school building. A woman at center wearing a dress holds a racket in her left hand, and a man in a hat at right bends down to lift a ball and possibly serve it. Spectators, including children, watch from a set of primitive bleachers at left; another child in a light-colored gown stands to the right, next to the building.
Date: 1912~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Drug Store, Midland]

Photograph of the interior of a drug store in Midland, with long rows of shelves along the wall, short glass counters with inside displays across from the shelves, wire tablesets, ceiling fans, and a tin ceiling. Shop workers stand along the counters, one on the left and five on the right. Their names are listed on the back: on the (farthest?) right stands George D. McCormick; also listed, without location specified, Ray Hyatt, Grady Crawley, J. G. Garrion[?], M[?] C[?], and J. R. Sttorey[?].
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter From John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley, January 1, 1912] (open access)

Letter From John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley, January 1, 1912]

Letter from John Sayles to Graham B. Smedley discussing an upcoming suit involving the Citizens' State Bank.
Date: January 1, 1912
Creator: Sayles, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Throwing Mechanism. (open access)

Switch-Throwing Mechanism.

Patent related to switch throwing mechanisms, specifically for vehicles. This switch throwing mechanism allows the operator of the vehicle to properly conduct the switch without stopping the vehicle.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Reiger, Paul J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter that can plant two rows at a time.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Hooper, Martin T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History