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[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 1] (open access)

[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 1]

Photograph of a City of Arlington document detailing the appointment of Mrs. C.C. Rogers as City Marshal of Arlington in 1914 signed by P.F. McKee. The document is dated July 3rd, 1914 and states that she will be paid $5.00 a month. Listed on the document are the city officials and aldermen. Mrs. Rogers was the first female Arlington City Marshal. She was relieved of her duties September 10, 1914. The title of City Marshal was later changed to Police Chief when Pearl Rudd was appointed in 1915. Mrs. Rogers never became a police chief.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 2] (open access)

[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 2]

Photograph of a City of Arlington document detailing the appointment of Mrs. C.C. Rogers as City Marshal of Arlington in 1914 signed by P.F. McKee. The document is dated July 3rd, 1914 and states that she will be paid $5.00 a month. Listed on the document are the city officials and aldermen. Mrs. Rogers was the first female Arlington City Marshal. She was relieved of her duties September 10, 1914. The title of City Marshal was later changed to Police Chief when Pearl Rudd was appointed in 1915. Mrs. Rogers never became a police chief.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1914 (open access)

Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1914

Directory for Fort Worth, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of Each County as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme Judicial Districts; Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, U. S. Judicial District and U. S. Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Post-offices and Money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street Guide and Householder's Directory, numerically arranged."
Date: 1914
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurst School Class (1914)

Students in front of school
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurst School Eleventh Grade

picture of 11th grade class at Hurst School, 1914
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurst School Sixth and Seventh Grades

6th and 7th grade classes photographed together
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Makers of Fort Worth (open access)

Makers of Fort Worth

Each leaf contains a biographical note with photographic portrait and a caricature by Heppner Blackman, first cartoonist of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or W.K. Patrick, cartoonist of the Fort Worth Record.
Date: 1914
Creator: Newspaper Artists' Association, Forth Worth.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth looking at a large Courthouse. Inlaid in the brick street are trolley tracks, and lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires, bushes, and two smokestacks.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth. The road is dirt with trolley tracks leading to trolleys in the center background. Lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires. Behind those are buildings and trees. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "North Main St. from foot of Padlock Viaduct Looking North."
Date: 1914
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook from Texas Presbyterian College for Girls] (open access)

[Scrapbook from Texas Presbyterian College for Girls]

Scrapbook that includes photographs of student life, signatures from classmates, and inserts from various classes and organizations at Texas Presbyterian College.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Howell, Corrinne
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Weatherford Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 2, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Instrument. (open access)

Electrically-Heated Instrument.

Patent for an electrically-heated instrument. This scissor-like instrument has an electrically-heated edge that can be used to simultaneously sever and cauterize.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Chapman, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk. (open access)

Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk.

Patent for "a combined desk and blackboard" (line 68) that includes illustrations.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Henderson, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen. (open access)

Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.

Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Stuart, Charles V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knob-Fastening. (open access)

Knob-Fastening.

Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 30, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for explosive-engines. (open access)

Valve for explosive-engines.

Patent for an improved valve for use in explosive engines which lists the movements of various parts in order to allow air and fuel to mix and explode.
Date: February 2, 1914
Creator: Ray, Albert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment. (open access)

Flush-Valve Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lupton, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1914 (open access)

Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 6, 1914
Creator: Bowen, William A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History