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Overall Jacket Or Waist. (open access)

Overall Jacket Or Waist.

Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Elliot, Joseph Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Meridian 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: 1919
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Evans Family Photo on Porch Steps]

Photograph of George Washington and Lucy Evans posing for a family picture with 21 other family members on the steps of a porch. The couple stand on the porch, surrounded by the rest of the adults. The children sit lined up on the lowest step with a dog.
Date: December 25, 1919
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Vault in First National Bank]

Postcard of the vault in the First National Bank in Waco. The large, circular vault door is open, revealing another barrier of metal bars behind it.
Date: January 2, 1919
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Trimmer (open access)

Shear-Trimmer

Patent for improving shear trimmers particular to those cutting wall paper. It "aims to provide a trimmer which is of simple and economical construction, and to further provide means for guarding the blade" (line 19-22) when it's not in use .
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: Hilliard, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gage. (open access)

Water-Gage.

Patent for a water-gage measuring the height or volume of water in a steam boiler, particularly those "held closed by the weight of the operating handle" (lines 11-12). The device is designed for simple manufacture and easy assembly & disassembly without tools, and features a valve seat that stays in place, illustrations included.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Leidecker, Helmoth M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, index, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1919
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Converter and Smelter. (open access)

Converter and Smelter.

Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Miller, Theodore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Reid, Elton F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment (open access)

Stalk-Cutter Attachment

Patent for improvements to stalk-cutter attachments to plows. The invention allows stalks to be cut by the plow and then turned under it into the soil to decrease labor an improve plow performance.
Date: April 7, 1919
Creator: Wylie, Arthur E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lucile Evans at a Shopping Center]

Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans standing outdoors with a hand on her hips at a town shopping center. She is wearing a long jacket, skirt, and a hat.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photo Album Owned by Nita Bernice Graham] (open access)

[Photo Album Owned by Nita Bernice Graham]

Photo album owned by Nita Bernice Graham containing photos of classmates, notes, and mementos. The sections are labelled "Date : Flower : Colors," "Class Yell: Motto," "Class Photographs," "Class Autographs," "Class Officers," "The Teachers," "Class Prophecy," "Her Invitations," "The Programmes," "Social Events," "Press Notices," "Her Gowns," "The Presents," "Jokes and Frolics," "Baccalaureate Sermon," and "Miscellaneous."
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Group Outside School]

Photograph of a large group of men and women standing together outside of a school building. Three of the men are labeled with numbers 1-3, and a corresponding note on the back of the photo identifies them as "1. Boyce Attaway my brother, 2. Alton Hardin, and 3. Lesly Attaway my older brother."
Date: [1919,1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of W. F Barnett]

Photograph of W. F. Barnett, administrator of the Methodist Home in Waco, Texas from 1919 to 1933. He stands adjacent to a car and holds aloft a white cake on a platter in his left hand.
Date: 1919~/1933~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mary Louise Hanrick]

Portrait of eleven year old Mary Louise Hanrick in a squared dress and a paper in her left hand.
Date: June 26, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of William Fred Itschner]

Portrait of William Fred Itschner, a young man wearing a military uniform.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rich Field Flyer, Volume 1, Number 9, February 6, 1919 (open access)

Rich Field Flyer, Volume 1, Number 9, February 6, 1919

Field publication for the Rich Field Army Airbase flying school in Waco, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Times-Herald (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 28, 1919 (open access)

The Waco Times-Herald (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 28, 1919

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 28, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 31, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1919 (open access)

The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1919

Weekly newspaper from West, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History