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[1915 Graduating Class for Wellington High School]

Photograph of individual senior portraits. There are 8 photos of the seniors, 2 men and 6 women.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aberdeen School]

Photograph of a class from the Aberdeen School posing outdoors. The students are lined up in three rows, and a teacher is standing on the right side.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Willard, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators. (open access)

Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators.

Patent for improved automatic liquid fuel feed regulator for steam generators especially adapted for use in connection with steam generators in which liquid hydrocarbon or case is used as fuel.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ford, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children in front of car on bridge]

Photograph of two small children standing at the front of a car on a wooden bridge. They are leaning together and looking towards the camera. There is another person sitting in the car behind the wheel. Notes on the back of the photograph describe the location of the scene and state that Rube Sherwood is the mother of the children pictured.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Drug Store]

Photograph of the City Drug Store and the South side of the square in Wellington, Texas. There are three men and one small boy standing in front of the drug store. The building on the left side of the photograph is a lunchroom.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton gin in Wellington]

Photograph of a cotton yard at the Wellington Cotton Gin. There are numerous bales of cotton in a field, and five men are pictured standing and sitting on top of them. The men are all wearing hats and facing towards the camera, and one man on the far right side of the photograph is smiling and pointing. There are houses in the distant background. An accompanying note states that Lonzo Cartwright was the cotton gin manager.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves, which can be put in through the door of the stove.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Stanton, Ernest F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918 (open access)

Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918

Patent for cutting cotton and maintaining it at a certain height. This can be mounted to different cultivators without any need of change or alteration.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Fletcher W. Vaughn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Curtner Drug Store]

Photograph of the inside of the Curtner Drug Store. Two people are looking at products in a glass display in the center of the store. Three other men are standing behind the counters in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that the man on the left with the dark cup is Ruel Curtner, and the man on the right with the dark hat is "Papa" Curtner.
Date: 1910/1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dodson School]

Photograph of a group of students from the Dodson School. They are pictured outside near the wall of a building, and are lined up in four rows. An accompanying note identifies the students; in the back row is O. D. Thorn, Carrol Jones, Buddy Wynn, Merlin Carter, Ralph Brannum, Clarence Talley, Fred Scott, Teacher Vaughn, Leona Rodgers (white bonnet), Cap Berry (behind Leona), Floy Wynn (left side of Cap), Alf Wynn, Belle Hunt, and Otis Royal. In the second row is Jewel Nipper, Blanch Futch, Ruth Royal, Sue Rodgers, Vrigie Trout, Margie Trout, Susie Trout, and Ruth Gardner. in the third row Alonzo McDowell, Ralph Cherry, and Ruby Roedocker. In the fourth row is Goldwyn Millner, Bryan Ellis, Carl Weaver, Jack Deahl, Arlin Baker, Elliot Wynn, Forrest Jones, and Jack Broyles.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dodsonville School]

Photograph of a group of students from the Dodsonville School. They are pictured outdoors near the wall of a building, and are lined up in seven rows. The younger children are seated in the first two rows.
Date: 1915/1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes (open access)

Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes

Patent for door for mail boxes that can be quickly opened or closed by postal workers.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Calcote, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exhibit of Dodsonville agricultural products]

Photograph of a display of agricultural products from Dodsonville. The exhibit is indoors and is full of many different varieties of plants and vegetables, including watermelons, potatoes, and corn.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family group posing indoors]

Photograph of a family group posing indoors. An elderly woman is seated in a chair with one girl and two boys behind her. The individuals are identified by handwriting on the back of the photograph as Lenore Sherwood, Mrs. Ermie Sherwood, Hugh Sherwood, and Mrs. Mary E. Hannah.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fleet Pruden holding horse reins]

Framed postcard of a child identified as Fleet Pruden holding a horse by the reins. Writing on the back of the photograph states that the horse was called "Mack" and was two years old. There is a barn and a windmill in the background.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flour mill]

Photograph of the exterior of a flour mill. It is identified as the Home Queen and Pride of Wellington flour, opened in 1916. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the history of the mill.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fresno School photograph]

Photograph of a group of young women outside of Fresno School. They are playfully posing under benches and smiling towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reveals that one of the women is Alma Crawley.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Gate-Operating Mechanism

Patent for an improved gate operating mechanism to allow vehicles to approach the gate and the gate move to the open position and to move to the closed position has passed through the gate opening. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: McDaniel, James M. & McDaniel, Claud M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple (open access)

Grapple

Patent for providing a cheaper version of removing pipes or tubing from wells.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group in front of small house]

Photograph of three women standing in front of a small, portable house. One woman is looking towards the camera and holding a suitcase, and the other two are looking towards the ground. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the scene and states that it is from the Gaye Eeds Glenn collection.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group standing outdoors]

Photograph of two men and three women standing outdoors. The men are wearing nice suits and hats, and the women are wearing light-colored dresses and large-brimmed hats. They are standing on a slope in front of a large bush.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook (open access)

Hame Hook

Patent for improved harness and trace connector.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Conn, Isaac D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horses and buggy]

Postcard of two horses behind a fence that are attached to a buggy. There is a man, identified as Ernest Sherwood, and a woman seated inside the buggy. There is a short note on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History