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[Postcard of Camp Cotton]
Postcard of Camp Cotton located in El Paso, Texas. In the center of the image are rows of 20th Infantry tents attached to the ground. Soldiers are shown positioned between the rows of tents and in a group to the left of the tents. The postcard is addressed to Miss Judith Locke of San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
W. H. Horne Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proposed Elks Building]
Rendering of the proposed Elks Building in El Paso, Texas. It has a tall center portion with eight stories, and two wings to the left and right with two stories. The second floor windows have archway shapes and decorative edges. There are people walking in the street and a car to the left.
Date:
1915~/1920~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Krakauer House]
Photograph of the Krakauer House in El Paso, Texas. There is a garage in the side of the hill upon which the house sits. Steps move up the hill to the house's entrance, with an archway and columns. The perimeter of the building has short decorated walls, and the building itself has a vertical stripe design on the second floor.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lerner House]
Photograph of the Lerner house. The house has a gabled roof, windows slightly protruding from the roof, chimneys, a rugged brick design with support columns for the roof hanging over the porch, and sparse bushes around the edge of the house.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rendering of El Paso County Court House]
Rendering of the El Paso County Court House. It has a row of tall ionic columns above the three entrances, and many windows.
Date:
1915/1916
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brutinell Apartments Rendering]
Rendering of people gathered in the street near Brutinell Apartments. The building has two wings curved around the center part of the building. The windows and roof have a cottage look.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Small Girl Standing in Front of El Paso House]
Photograph of a young girl standing on the steps of an unidentified house. The house has a gabled roof, with three chimneys on the left side. There are windows on the left side, and a small porch at the front. The area to the left is an unfinished lot of dirt.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page 32 of Byrd Williams Jr. album, 1907-1920]
Scrapbook page featuring 4 photos of four men standing on a balcony with a dog, two men standing near a reservoir, and the El Paso central station.
Date:
1915/1920
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caustic-Soda Process.
Patent for mixing anhydrous sodium-sulfate with saw dust, heating the mixture in a furnace to 880 degrees Celsius and letting it partially cool. This process will convert the sodium-sulfate to sodium sulfide which when combined with the saw dust creates a liquid which will not oxidize because of the saw dust. The saw dust prevents the mixture from becoming volatile. When lime is added to the mixture then caustic soda is created.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink Feeder for Pens.
Patent for a wire attachment to be added to the hollow of a writing pen. This attachment would enable more ink to be drawn into the interior of the pen, therefore allowing more words to be written from a single dip into an ink well.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Hine, Frank B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers
Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshold
Patent for an improved threshold to fit the bottom of a door more properly to "prevent the entrance of dust, wind, and rain" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table.
Patent for a table that is resistant and adaptable to sudden movements and maintains its tabletop balance, meant for use on ships.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Davila, Luis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tier.
Patent for a retractable and reusable package tie device for packages.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Clary, Irvin W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand
Patent for switch stands. The improvement is to provide a mechanism in connection with stands of the character specified for moving the points of a switch to deflect trains from the main track on to the switch, wherein locking mechanism is provided for locking the switch points in safety or main line position and connected to the operating mechanism for moving the points in such manner that when operating arm for the switch is moved into the inoperative position after returning the points to the normal position, the locking mechanism will be operated to lock the points against movement.
Date:
September 21, 1915
Creator:
Philips, Smith F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soda-Ash Process.
Patent for a new process to create soda-ash, also known as sodium carbonate. Includes the detailed steps to this process and the chemical reactions involved.
Date:
June 1, 1915
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit-Retaining Device
Patent for a new and improved “drill bit retaining devices for drills of the hammer type”(lines 12-13), including an illustration.
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Weiner, Rudolph S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figured Toy
Patent for a toy consisting of two human-like figures hanging from a wire that will move when directed by a crank.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Zivley, Dennis Corwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device
Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kneezell, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reeling Device.
Patent for a reeling device that helps tie both mail matter and packages of articles in an efficient manner. It can be used on various sized mail and packages with minimum effort using tying cord and a clamping device.
Date:
June 1, 1915
Creator:
Gillespie, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Separator and Classifier.
Patent for settler, separator, and classifier of different solid and liquid particles, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Implement
Patent for new garden implement that is "a combination of a rake and scraper and which may also be used in the capacity of hoe or allied implement." (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Bozarth, John Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History