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Churn.
Patent for a churn that employs a reciprocating dasher in order to improve all parts of the churn and its operating mechanism.
Date:
October 11, 1911
Creator:
Edwards, Henry L. & Perkins, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.
Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Davis, Othman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve
Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Ballard, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check from Levi Perryman to L. B. Hord, November 11, 1914]
Check from Levi Perryman to L.B Hord for $5.50. The check is from the First National Bank in Saint Jo, Texas. The back of the check is endorsed by a L.B Hord and John Hudson. There are also two stamps on the back of the check. One is from First National Bank in Bowie, Texas on November 17, 1914. The other stamp is from Lindsay National Bank in Gainesville, Texas on November 17, 1914.
Date:
November 11, 1914
Creator:
Perryman, Levi
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]
The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Spout.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Herblin, William Leonard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Irene Biffle Williams to Byrd Moore Williams, Jr., April 3, 1912]
Letter from Irene Williams to Byrd Williams, Jr. discussing their feet hurting and Irene going to a party with another boy.
Date:
April 3, 1912
Creator:
Williams, Irene Biffle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Gainesville Library]
Photograph of a plain, brick building identified as Gainesville Public Library. The street sign on the corner has the names "Main St." and "Denton St." There are several trees outside of the building. Text on the back of the photograph says, "Gainesville First Library Building opened in 1914 - photo presented by Mr. Andrew Carnegie."
Date:
1914~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from J. E. Silcrest to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 1, 1911]
Postcard from J. E. Silcrest to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The front is a picture of a city park. There is grass at the front and pathways going through the park. There is a flag sailing from a post on the right side and is surrounded by colorful flowers. The back of the picture and the left side of it are lined with trees. Shrubs are spaced out in front of the trees and form a border. On the back, Silcrest wrote that he was proud of their park.
Date:
May 1, 1911
Creator:
Silrest, J. E.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marcella Biffle Aldridge holding Frank Mabine Aldridge]
Photograph of Mary Marcella Biffle Aldridge, sister of Irene Biffle Williams, holding Frank Mabine Aldridge, Jr.
Date:
1917~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Byrd Williams, III]
Portrait of Byrd Williams, III, as a baby.
Date:
1913~
Creator:
Boyd, F. M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Denton St. house in Gainesville]
Photograph of a house on Denton Street in Gainesville, Texas. The house is designed in the Craftsman style and is two stories. There are porches on both stories of the house that wrap around from the front to the side. The bottom porch is covered and has white pillars while the top porch is not covered and has a white railing. The house is covered in a light colored siding and the bottom of the first story porch is covered in brick. The porch of another house is visible on the left side of the image and another house is visible through the trees on the right side of the image.
Date:
[1910..1940]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-; Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III; Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Couple standing outside of a house]
Photograph of a couple standing outside of a house on Denton Street in Gainesville, Texas. The couple is unidentified, but the man is possibly Charles Rowland Williams. He is wearing a white hat with a three piece suit and the woman is wearing a lace patterned dress with ribbon details. The woman is holding onto the man's elbow and her body is turned towards his, although both are smiling at the camera. They are standing in front of the side of a house and the side of the covered porch is visible behind them. There is another house across the street that has a fence running around it.
Date:
[1910..1940]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Charles Williams with a woman in Gainesville]
Photograph of Charles Williams sitting on porch steps with a woman.The steps have no railing and they lead up to a covered porch. Charles is sitting with one of his legs propped up on a higher step than the other and he has his arms around the propped up knee. He is wearing a white hat with a suit and is looking at the woman who is sitting lower down than he is. She is wearing a patterned dress with ribbon details and is looking straight at the camera. There is a rose bush to the right of the steps and there are other plants on the left side of the steps.
Date:
[1915..1930]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gainesville 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
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 20
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 29
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 23
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 19
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 26
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 16
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville 1913 Sheet 6
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gainesville in Cooke County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History