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[Double wooden wagon]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler standing in front of a double wooden wagon in desert of Death Valley, California, with his arms crossed. The wagon shown has the following words printed on it: "From Death Valley use 20 Mule Team Borax Soap and Soap Powder."
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to A. W. McQueen, August 21, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Sayles to A. W. McQueen, August 21, 1906]

Letter from Henry Sayles to A. W. McQueen discussing having sold land and timber from his family's properties and inquiring to know of any other land his father may have owned.
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Playing-Cards. (open access)

Playing-Cards.

Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Noonan, James Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Cecil Cooke Caldwell]

Portrait of Cecil Cooke Caldwell as a 16-year-old, wearing a suit, polka-dot tie, and hat and sitting on a wooden chair.
Date: June 15, 1906
Creator: Haussler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas or Tick Fever and Its Prevention (open access)

Texas or Tick Fever and Its Prevention

Report discussing the disease tick fever (also known as Texas fever) and its destructive effects on cattle. Topics discussed include the life cycle of the tick which transmits the disease, symptoms of the disease, and methods of treatment and prevention.
Date: 1906
Creator: Mohler, John R. (John Robbins), b. 1875
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library