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[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0343]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Senator Bratton of New Mexico who placed the name of Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas formally before the Democratic convention at Houston Today, June 29."
Date: June 29, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fay Stancliff with Race Car

Copy negative of Fay Stancliff in the race car he built, number 66 parked on a street in front of a house at 410 Watt Street in El Campo, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Houston Municipal Airport]

Photograph of an aerial view of hangars and administration buildings at the Houston Municipal Airport.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building Photograph #1]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building in Houston, Texas.
Date: November 18, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Ship in the Ocean]

Portrait of a steel military ship in the ocean with a small boat beside it. The text on the back reads: "Houston Ship Channel"
Date: 1927
Creator: Fox Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at the Humble Oil Tank Farm]

Photograph of a fire at the Humble Oil tank farm in Webster, Texas. A large cloud of smoke is billowing out from the property.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. at Lillian Evans Settegast's cottage at Bay Shore. He wears a jumper, and stands in front of a window.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. and Clara Willis]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. and Clara Evans Willis at Marion and Lillian Evans Settegast's bay home in La Porte, Texas. They stand in front of a tree, holding a line of fish between them. A fence and electric poles can be seen behind them.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lillian Evans Settegast to Clara and John T. Willis Sr., 1925] (open access)

[Letter from Lillian Evans Settegast to Clara and John T. Willis Sr., 1925]

Letter from Lillian Evans Settegast to Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. in 1925. She congratulates them on the birth of their daughter, asks what they have named her, and suggests they come down to see her and her family whenever they can.
Date: 1925
Creator: Settegast, Lillian Evans
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Wall Mold. (open access)

Concrete Wall Mold.

Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)
Date: June 11, 1920
Creator: Porter, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Swing and Couch. (open access)

Combination Swing and Couch.

Patent for a piece of swinging furniture for infants and small children which can be converted between a seat and a couch. This device is designed to be collapsed and folded for easy storage, as well as to be cheap and easy to manufacture. Illustrations included.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: McDevitt, Leslie I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Head (open access)

Casing-Head

Patent for a casing head that is specially adapted for "use in connection with well drilling for letting the tubing down into the bore, and in withdrawing the tubing from the bore." (Lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: McGarry, Henry S. & Carr, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Headlight. (open access)

Automobile Headlight.

Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Head, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for an improvement on a crude oil burner that can adapt to various grades of crude oil as well as providing intense heat to various sizes of boilers.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Air-Compressor. (open access)

Compound Air-Compressor.

Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Jones, Oceola
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions. (open access)

Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool. (open access)

Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool.

Patent for a well packer and setting tool for the prevention of intermingling between oil and water in a well when used by itself or with other pipes. The invention allows for the packer to be set using the setting tool which can then be removed once the packer is in place.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Abercrombie, Jamie & Dunman, Nesbit M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combustion-Gas and Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Combustion-Gas and Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a burner which can be used with either gas or oil, or both at once.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores. (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.

Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Shires, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Goose Creek Gasser (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1921 (open access)

Goose Creek Gasser (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 10, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1921
Creator: Boyer, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Goose Creek Gasser (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1921 (open access)

Goose Creek Gasser (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 17, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 17, 1921
Creator: Boyer, Frank
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1927 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1927

Semi-weekly newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1927
Creator: Noland, Joe H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 1925 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Tribune (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 1925

Semi-weekly newspaper from Goose Creek, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History