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Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that packs the bales more effectively than other models.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Slover, Marion F. & Harter, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Randall County

Blue line print of survey map of Randall County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910 (open access)

The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Canyon City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 3, 1910
Creator: Christman, L. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1910 (open access)

The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Canyon City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 10, 1910
Creator: Christman, L. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1910 (open access)

The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Canyon City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 17, 1910
Creator: Christman, L. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1910 (open access)

The Randall County News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Canyon City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 24, 1910
Creator: Christman, L. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College burning in 1914. The building is shown from the front with a large column of smoke rising from the center of the structure. A crowd stands watching, with objects that were rescued from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students' Army Training Corps drills]

Photograph of group of recruits from the Students' Army Training Corps at West Texas State Normal College. The recruits are marching along an unpaved path with the college Administration Building in the background. The recruits are led by men are playing musical instruments with the remainder marching in tight formation.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flag Day celebration, West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of students and faculty of West Texas State Normal College standing in a star formation around a flagpole on the grounds of the main college building. A smaller group stands in a circle within the formation. Several automobiles are parked along the street in the background. A two-story frame house and windmill and a part of Randall Hall, a college residence, are visible in the near background. In the distance are farm houses and other buildings.
Date: May 4, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building]

Photograph of the ruins of the administration building of West Texas State Normal College in 1914 after a fire burned it nearly to the ground. Parts of the walls and a chimney are all that remain. A water tower stands in the background.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
"The college and its mission" : founder's day address (open access)

"The college and its mission" : founder's day address

Transcript of a speech given by the president of West Texas State Normal College on the anniversary of the founding of the college.
Date: 1918
Creator: Cousins, Robert Bartow, 1861-1932
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A plume of smoke rises from the building, and the walls are still intact. Spectators are clustered around the building, as are horses and buggies, automobiles and bicycles.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College building under construction]

Photograph of the construction of the new main building at West Texas State Normal College. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and work on the exterior of the lower level is underway.
Date: June 2, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Football players for West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of football players for West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in three rows before a wood wall. They are wearing plain jerseys, football pants, dark socks and shoes. A player in the middle row is holding the football. The coach, dressed in a suit, is seated at the right end in the middle row. The players are identified on the reverse of the photograph: Back row (l to r): John Renfro, Boyce Eidson, G. C. Childers, Honas Carey, _____ Black, J. Pat Ator, Earl Sparks. Middle row: Bill Hale, Harry Starr, Elmer Shotwell, Fats Prichard, William "Sport" Younger, Coach D. A. Shirley. Front row: Ralph Smith, Amos Howard, Raymond Glass, Louis Hicks, J. Mathews.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The steel frame of the new building

Photograph of the construction of the new Administration Building at West Texas State Normal in Canyon, Texas. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and some of the stonework at the ground level has been completed.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas]

Photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas, probably dating from the time of the building's completion in 1916. The four-story western and southern (front) facades are shown. A pipe-rail fence lines a dirt roadway leading to the building. An automobile and a horse and wagon are parked outside the building and one person stands at the base of the front steps..The photograph is printed as a postcard.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A large cloud of black smoke is rising from the structure. There a small group of spectators, with a line drawn on the image to one individual, identified as "me." To the right of the structure is a water tower.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building after its March 25, 1914, fire. The wall of one end of the building is intact, while the front wall has partially collapsed. People stand in front of the building and on the road leading to it. A horse and buggy are on the road. On the reverse is written "These walls have all fallen in now."
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Turner, matron of Huntleigh Hall

Photograph of Mrs. Turner standing outside Huntleigh Hall, a privately-owned dormitory at West Texas State Normal College. Mrs. Turner is standing on a wooden porch before a window, with several household items behind her.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The first four year summer graduating class at West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of members of the first 4-year summer graduating class at West Texas State Normal College. Students are standing in front of an old wooden building that has sunlight shining through the overhead slats of wood. Five of the eight students are identified on the reverse as: Earl S. Sparks, Omar Kirk, Dave Payne, Earl Stanley and Mary Dale.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual catalog (open access)

Annual catalog

None
Date: 1911
Creator: West Texas State Normal College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

R. B. Cousins, Pres., W.T.S.N.C., Canyon, Texas

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College Administration Building with a portrait of college president R. B. Cousins superimposed on the upper right. The image shows the front and one side of the building and the surrounding grounds, which include numerous small trees, a road and pathway enclosed by a rail fence. On the reversed is a printed message signed "Britain and Wife," promoting their photographic studio in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Photo Car Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the main building at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The fire has spread throughout the building, and the roof and upper story of the front facade have collapsed. Heavy smoke rises from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas

Postcard featuring a halftone reproduction of a photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College, viewed from the front down a walkway lined with small trees. The front of the postcard also includes text in the margins showing the growth in registration from 1911 to 1913, describing the climate and altitude, and giving the date of the fourth summer session of 1914.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History