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[Postcard of Public School Building in Marlin, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the Public School Building in Marlin, Texas. A crowd of individuals poses in front of the building. Text in the bottom left-hand corner of the front of the card reads "Allen's City Drug Store." A handwritten message on the back of the car reads: "Did not fail to post the letter. Now it's up to me. Shirley." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: October 29, 1908
Creator: Allen's City Drug Store
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Falls County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Falls County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1919
Creator: Atlee, Tom & Davis, Grady W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001

Description: Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas

Description: Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Sheller.

Description: Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Bander, Charles Bornet
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car-coupling that has a "hollow draw-head provided with a horizontal chamber, a vertical pin-hole near the forward end of said chamber, and a slot in the lower part of said draw-head opening into said chamber, of a sliding latch mounted in said chamber and provided with a lip projecting beyond the outer end of said latch and curved downward as shown, and with a groove on the lower side of said latch, of a pivoted arm engaging in said groove, and a weight integral with said arm and … more
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Station-Indicator.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in station indicators for moving vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1898
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool-Handle.

Description: Patent for tool handles relating to "improvements in handles for hoes, rakes, and similar agricultural or mechanical implements; and it consists in the novel devices hereinafter described and claimed (lines 10-15).
Date: February 7, 1898
Creator: Barry, Jefferson D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace-Carrier.

Description: Patent for improvements in trace-carriers in which it would “provide each with a buckle or similar means that can be attached to the back-band of a harness for horses. The purpose is to provide means to a trace-chain which may be readily inserted in the carrier to prevent from removal, either accidentally or otherwise, so long as the carrier remains in position for service.” (Lines 12-20) Illustration is included.
Date: June 23, 1891
Creator: Barton, Samuel Jones
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Perry Methodist Church Confirmation Class, 1918]

Description: Photograph of the Confirmation class of Perry Methodist Church. Two rows of people are visible, with an older man with eyeglasses and mustache at center along the bottom row. The students are dressed in dark coats with neckties and white dresses with hair ribbons. A note on the back identifies Phillip Faudi, aged 14, second from right, seated on the bottom row.
Date: 1918~
Creator: Beauchle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Oral History Interview with Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson, October 27, 1999

Description: Interview with Wanda Marie Fannin Henderson resident of Kerrville, Texas. She mentions that her husband Temple Henderson's ancestors came to Kerr County from Tennessee. Mrs. Henderson relates how she ended up in Kerrville, focusing on her family history and immediate family's various activities, including 4-H and other agricultural activities. She mentions her childhood asthma, identifies local businesses and areas of interest, and details her involvement in the community. Prior to the intervie… more
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Henderson, Wanda Fannin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient car coupling "which will insure positive automatic coupling when two opposite draw-heads come together" (lines 16-18).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Bird, Robert L. & Bird, John L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whip Handle

Description: Patent for a whip handle. This invention applies to the repair of harness. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Boeselt, Reinhold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut-lock "to be used in connection with a vertical bolt" connecting the axles and wheels of a vehicle or a railroad car with the other parts of the vehicle or railroad car (lines 8-12). It also has "many other purposes" that are not detailed (line 13).
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Bolen, Brantle W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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