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Ant Trap

Description: Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Rey Avila, June 18, 2015

Description: Interview with Rey Avila, founder of Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum in San Benito, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, his experiences as a young migrant worker, the history of Conjunto music in Texas, and the Chicano movement. Part of the interview takes place in the gallery of the museum.
Date: June 18, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Avila, Rey; Gutierrez, Jose Angel; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

[Children Playing Outside with Toys]

Description: Photograph of two young girls and two young boys smiling for the camera while they play with their toys in a grassy yard at the side of a large wood-slatted building. The two young girls are sitting in the grass next to a large baby doll and a basket that with two smaller dolls. One of the boys is seated sideways on a wagon, and the other boy is riding a tricycle. Both of the boys are wearing dark jackets, fitted bomber hats, and round goggles on their heads. There is a small tree beside the ch… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Knife-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Handle-Securing Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Palm Trees in Front of a Mexican Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the front entrance to a Mexican Presbyterian Church. The church, which is in the background of the image, spans almost the entire width of the photograph. The main entrance and belfry, which is made up of three steps leading up to double doors, are located on the far right-hand side of the image. There are four long windows at the side of the church, and two more smaller windows at the very end. There is a path in the front of the church that leads up to the front entrance. The en… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Silhouette Standing Next to a Window]

Description: Photograph of a blurred silhouette standing next to a small window in the background. On the far right-hand side of the image, there are two women visible sitting in chairs facing the man. Part of a plant is visible in the foreground on the far left-hand side.
Date: May 1953
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Group in Front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing outside Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The group is standing on the front lawn and in the main doorway. The church has white wood siding and a gray shingle roof. On the left of the main door is a bush bearing red flowers. In front of the group, a bush is planted next to the sidewalk.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Group in Front of Iglesia Presbiterian Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing in front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The group consists of men, women, and children. The church behind them has white wood siding, a gray shingle roof, and a decorative, castellated parapet on the roof above the main doors. Automobiles are parked on the street in front of the group.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Group in Front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing in front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The group consists of men, women, and children. The church behind them has white wood siding, a gray shingle roof, and a decorative, castellated parapet on the roof above the main doors. Automobiles are parked on the street in front of the group.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Men in Front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing in front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The men are dressed in suits and ties. Several are holding papers and books. The church behind them has white wood siding. Bushes bearing red flowers are planted along the wall of the building. The men are described as officers for the church.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Men in Front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing in front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The men are dressed in suits and ties. Several are holding papers and books. The church behind the group has white wood siding. Plants bearing red flowers are planted along the wall of the building. The men are described as officers for the church.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Manse]

Description: Photograph of a manse. The house is a one-story structure with white wood siding. It has a front porch of natural wood with two square columns. Trees and bushes surround the area.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Manse and Neighboring Church]

Description: Photograph of a manse and the neighboring church, Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The manse is a one-story structure with white wood siding and a front porch. The neighboring church has white wood siding and a decorative parapet on part of its roof. The two are separated by wooden fences. On the sidewalk in front of the buildings, Reverend J.G. Cavazos is walking.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church has white wood siding, a gray shingle roof, and a decorative parapet on the roof above the main door. Bushes and palm trees are planted in the yard in front of the building. The trunk of a palm tree is visible in the foreground on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church has white wood siding, a gray shingle roof, and a decorative parapet on the roof above the main doors. Affixed to the side of the building above the windows is a sign reading "Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana." Palm trees and bushes are scattered around the area. A man in a gray suit is standing next to the front steps of the church.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church has white wood siding, a shingle roof, and a decorative parapet on the roof above the main doors. Palm trees and bushes are scattered around the front and side lawns of the building. Four women are standing by the door of the church. An automobile is parked on the street in front of the church.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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