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[Two Mourners and Hope at Washingtons Grave]

Engraving by Boston printmaker Thomas Clarke showing a man and woman weeping into handkerchiefs in front of the grave of George Washington. Washington's monument includes his face engraved below a cherubim and the epitaph "There is Reft in Heaven" and is set at the foot of a weeping willow. The two figures are being consoled by a figure of Hope, who stands by an anchor and points to heaven.

Date: [1695..1800]

Creator: Clark, Thomas

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Tshusick, an Ojibway Woman"

Lithograph of Tshusick, an Ojibway Woman.

Date: 1838

Creator: I.T. Bowens

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Waller Family Coat of Arms

Print of the Waller family coat of arms. Painted by Odine Mhoon. Odine was married to Sam Rayburn's nephew Morris Lightfoot in 1956. They divorced and Morris eventually remarried. The ivory colored paper displays the Waller coat of arms in shades of brown, black, gold, gray, white, blue, green and red. A shield at center shows three gold walnut leaves between two silver bands. At the top is a walnut tree with a pendant shoing three fleurs de lis (the arms of France) with the motto above, "… more

Date: 1850/1969

Creator: Odine Mhoon

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Invitation to inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson]

An invitation that Governor E.M. Pease received to the inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.

Date: January 19, 1856

Creator: Jackson Monument Association

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Frame with pressed edelweiss]

Image of a frame with pressed edelweiss. The frame is an oval shape painted royal blue with gold gilded flourishes and outer rim. On the inner rim of the frame are raised gilded dots. Inside the frame are three pressed edelweiss flowers which have stems that have been discolored with time. At the top is a label for ownership. Mrs. N. H. Dole is likely Helen B. Dole who was one of the translators of the novel "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri from German to English. On the paper backing is illegible, fad… more

Date: [1857..1944]

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bust portrait of William Ryon]

Bust portrait of William Ryon. The photograph is a copy from a book. William, who is dressed in a three piece suit, white shirt, and black ascot, has thinning hair that curls up over his ears. The picture has a thin black line bordering it. The photograph was placed in page 1 (top) of Mamie George's photo album.

Date: [1858..1875]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

Escapement for Timekeepers.

Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.

Date: October 12, 1858

Creator: Bishop, Josiah

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

George Schmidt's Psaligraphic Album

Album containing a series of scenes that are presented as silhouettes. The album is bound in brown leather and has a metallic closure.

Date: 1860~

Creator: Schmidt, George

Item Type: Image

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Print from Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867. "A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"]

Print from Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867. "A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream" Old Object Term: Prints

Date: October 19, 1867

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[An origami tie]

Photograph of an origami tie. The tie is made of green paper with a gold pattern, while the back is light pink.

Date: 1870/2021

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Improvement in Pen-Holders.

Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.

Date: January 24, 1871

Creator: George, Alfred M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Print from Harper's Weekly, May 2, 1874. "The Texas Cattle Trade"]

Print from Harper's Weekly, May 2, 1874. "The Texas Cattle Trade" ,9 images on two pages of the Harpers Weekly

Date: May 2, 1874

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.

Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).

Date: July 28, 1874

Creator: Archer, Roger W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Apparatus for Working Glass.

Patent for a blowing-engine that will make the glass-blowing process less laborious. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 13, 1875

Creator: Chase, Benjamin F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Sewing-Machine Thread-Guards.

Patent for "a guard attachment to the Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machine for preventing the thread from being thrown off the tension by the work, and for preventing the thread from running off the spool onto the spindle." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 21, 1875

Creator: Roosevelt, Lillian

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Three Rs and an L]

Document of a photocopied article written by John Furneaux regarding the leatherworking courses in Yoakum's high schools. The students receive school credit from the classes and have a high-interest rate for both boys and girls. After the students graduate from the course, the students will receive a kit of tools that will let them pursue their leatherworking skills in the future.

Date: [1877..1939]

Creator: Furneaux, John

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Framed Godey's Fashion print of a woman standing and another woman sitting]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one in peach and light blue holding her hat, and the other sitting on a yellow couch and wearing dark blue.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Framed Godey's Fashion print of two women holding umbrellas]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one wearing a blue dress and holding a blue parasol. The other one is wearing a red and tan striped dress and is holding a red parasol.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Framed Godey's Fashion print, one woman is reading]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one wearing pink and reading, and the other is wearing lightblue.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Mailing-Box.

Patent for a mailing box with curves and grooves to fit the cover and securing string with illustrations and assembly instructions.

Date: May 11, 1880

Creator: Sabin, Chauncey Brewer

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Glass Slide of Justinian Church (Harvard University)

A glass slide showing a photograph of a model of the Temple Mount's supposed appearance during the Byzantine era. The slide is labeled "Justinian's Church 530," and is one of Dr. Conrad Schick's models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University.

Date: [1882..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of the Alexander Sarcophagus (Istanbul, Turkey)

A glass slide showing a photograph of the Alexander Sarcophagus, a late 4th century BC Hellenistic stone sarcophagus adorned with relief carvings of Alexander the Great. It is currently housed in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

Date: [1882..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of Tomb of Mahomet II (Istanbul, Turkey)

A glass slide showing a photograph of the Tomb of Mahomet II, who conquered Constantinople. The tomb is located in the Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The slide is numbered No. 18.

Date: [1882..1929]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Composition For Staining Wood.

Patent for a “paint or stain, which, when applied, will harden on the common woods of commerce, render them durable and smooth, and give them the exact appearance of black walnut” (lines 15-18).

Date: May 16, 1882

Creator: Gloger, Anton F., Jr. & Gloger, Joseph P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department