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Alarm for Incubators (open access)

Alarm for Incubators

Patent for an alarm that sounds upon the temperature in an incubator either increasing or decreasing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Poore, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling (open access)

Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling

Patent for a coupler adapted to be employed for operatively uniting the fluid pressure pipes of a pair of railway vehicles, when the vehicles are coupled up. The invention aims to improve the construction of the main pipe through the instrumentality of which the coupling operation is immediately effected, and to provide a means whereby the pipe is mounted in such a way as to have the necessary movemtns.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Cobb, John Ollen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Booklet for The Queen's Ball] (open access)

[Booklet for The Queen's Ball]

Booklet for the Queen's Ball, a celebration of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen of the Year at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco. Included in the booklet is a portrait of Her Majesty Queen of the Year, a list of members of the royal court, a program of dances and songs, a list of duchesses for Texas, and committee members.
Date: November 9, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a new and improved double boiler "used for continuous cooking for a long period, without replenishing the water supply" (lines 18-20) and to "improve the general efficiency of double boilers of the indicated character" (lines 22-23) including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Curran, William Ferris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Testing Globe (open access)

Egg Testing Globe

Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Woolfolk, Paul E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector (open access)

Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector

Patent for electric-line-apparatus protector used to protect telephone and other electrical circuits from damaged caused by electricity. This is a simple and efficient device.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Higgins, Peter K. & Parker, Frederick R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for portable field furnaces, that also provide a heating chamber that can engage the walls of containers of various sizes.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Winchell, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline separator (open access)

Gasoline separator

Patent for Gasoline separator
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Cobb, John Olen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling (open access)

Hose Coupling

Patent is for improved efficiency pipe couplers on railway cars.
Date: August 2, 1916
Creator: Krueger, F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad (open access)

Knee Pad

Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hill Printing & Stationery Co. to Monteith Abstract Co. - September 21, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from Hill Printing & Stationery Co. to Monteith Abstract Co. - September 21, 1916]

Letter written to Monteith Abstract Company in Belton, Texas from Hill Printing & Stationery Company in Waco, Texas, acknowledging the receipt of their order for 2 reams of paper and promising to complete the order quickly.
Date: September 21, 1916
Creator: Gordon, L. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men from R. B. Spencer & Co.]

Photograph of 31 men from the R. B. Spencer & Co. posing, sitting and standing, in three rows in front of the porch of the Sam Sanger-R.B. Spencer home on Columbus Avenue; the men are wearing suits and ties and ribbons on their jackets.
Date: 1916~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nannie Evans Standing Outdoors]

Photograph of Nannie Clara Evans as a young woman before she married and took the name Willis. She is standing outdoors near a small, leafy tree at 2100 Colcord Avenue. She is clad in a long, ruffled, and tiered dress.
Date: September 17, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for Nutcracker
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Fort, Foster W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Military Band]

Photograph of a group of men at Camp MacArthur most of whom are holding instruments. The text on the back reads: "World War I - Charley Huggins - Killed. Cliff's brother"
Date: 1916~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Christmas Tree]

Photograph of a large tree under an arch surrounded with a white rail, with four wreaths lining the rail of the altar. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Torreson Tree, First English Lutheran Church."
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of First English Lutheran Church Altar]

Photograph of an altar inside of a church. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "First English Lutheran Church, Waco, Christmas 1916."
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of First English Lutheran Church Altar]

Photograph of the altar of First English Lutheran Church in Waco, taken at Christmastime, with some pews visible in the foreground.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Grave of Friedrich Schuler]

Photograph of the grave of Friedrich Schuler (1826-1916) covered in flowers with the grave of his wife, Maria Schuler, visible as well. The graves are located in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas.
Date: 1916
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for plow attachment to a clevis and can be used in connection with the draft devices.
Date: November 14, 1916
Creator: Hamilton, Lemon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Woman with a Diploma]

Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a wooden stool with a rolled diploma and a bouquet of flowers in her lap. She wears a light-colored dress and a ribbon in her hair.
Date: 1916/1958
Creator: Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Dress]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a light-colored dress. She wears eyeglasses, and a flower brooch is attached to her chest. She sits on a raised wooden bench and looks forward.
Date: 1916/1958
Creator: Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Beulah Williams Evans]

Photograph of Beulah Williams Evans (1880-1968) posing for a portrait. Her hair is pulled into an elaborate updo with a comb and she wears a light-colored dress with a wide neckline. She wears a small pendant around her neck.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Irene Cole Roberson]

Portrait of Irene Cole Roberson, visible from the chest up, wearing a diaphanous light-colored dress with a pearl necklace. Held against her chest are two roses. A hand written note on the back identifies her as "Irene Cole Roberson."
Date: 1916/1958
Creator: Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History