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Car-Seal.

Description: Patent for a car seal, made of a long, thin, and narrow metallic strip. When it is looped through two parts of the car body, the ends can be pinned together with sealing irons. This car seal cannot be tampered with without visible evidence showing.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Lawler, Claude B.; Bryan, William A. & Keller, John.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for "improvements in car couplings and it has for its general object to provide a coupling embodying such a constructions that two cars may be connected together or disconnected without the objectionable necessity of a trainman going between them." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1894
Creator: Tunnell, John D.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car coupling that consists of a draw head with two separable jaws, a hand wheel mounted on the car, pitmen connected to the wheel and the jaws, springs pressing the jaws together, and a shaft that has a crank arm.
Date: November 7, 1893
Creator: Cassidy, William A. & McGee, Thomas F.
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Clevis.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and improved clevis that can be easily manufactured and employed to a draft-beam. It can be used without a lapring in order to connect to a singletree. The singletree can have its "staple or eye...disposed in a plane with the said singletree" (lines 16-17).
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Word, Aaron Matthias
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Diving Gear for Motor Vehicles

Description: Patent for new type of driving gear for motor-vehicles that allows power to be carried independent of the direct drive to improve the life of the engine and fuel efficiency.
Date: unknown
Creator: Byars, Edgar
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Churning-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in churning machines so that they "may be used in connection with containers of different sizes" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Crume, John J.
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Oral History Interview with Lilia Escajeda, July 6, 2016

Description: Lilia Escajeda was born in El Paso, Texas. She grew up between El Paso, Van Horn, and Amarillo; and she remembers going to segregated schools in Van Horn. She settled in Amarillo as an adult after her husband died, and she eventually became the first female loan-officer for any bank in Amarillo, at the Amarillo National Bank. She joined various community organizations, boards, and became both the first Mexican American women Amarillo College board member and City Commissioner (later City Counci… more
Date: July 6, 2016
Duration: 41 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Escajeda, Lilia; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Elisha Demerson, June 11, 2016

Description: Elisha Demerson was born and raised in Amarillo. Elisha Demerson and his twin brother both received appointments to West Point, but returned to Amarillo after two years to be near their ill mother. Elisha Demerson first worked at Pantex as a yard worker but entered West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) where he gained a bachelors then a masters in engineering. He has his own congregation as a minister. In addition, Elisha Demerson became the first African American Potter C… more
Date: June 11, 2016
Duration: 38 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Demerson, Elisha; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Oral History Interview with Iris Lawrence, June 22, 2016

Description: Iris Lawrence was born and raised in the North Heights neighborhood of Amarillo, Texas. She attended African American universities, including Howard University, and earned a master’s degree in English. While in college, Lawrence also participated in attempting to integrate Amarillo while on school breaks. Upon returning to Amarillo after living in various places like Austin, Texas, Lawrence worked for the state’s comptrollers office and served as the president of the NAACP.
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Lawrence, Iris
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Alphonso Vaughn, June 22, 2016

Description: Alphonso Vaughn was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. He lived through the integration of local schools as a high school student. From Amarillo, he entered the military and then attending the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas. Upon his return to Amarillo, Vaughn helped start the city’s Juneteenth Celebration along with various civil rights and cultural organizations. He served five, two year terms as president of Amarillo’s NAACP. Since then, he has served as a Potter County … more
Date: June 22, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 01 second
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Vaughn, Alphonso
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Oral History Interview with Pearlene Martin on June 9, 2016.

Description: Pearlene Martin was raised around Texas and obtained her Masters degree at West Texas State College. She began teaching in Plainview Texas in the 1950s and then moved to Amarillo with her husband. She taught in segregated and integrated schools. In 1980 she became the first women president of the Amarillo NAACP. Since retiring, he has continued her involvement in the community. Some of Martin’s accolades include receiving the 1977 Edward Henderson Award, one of YMCA’s highest awards; the 1992 S… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Martin, Pearlene
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Oral History Interview with Abel Bosquez, June 8, 2016

Description: Basquez was raised in the Panhandle and joined the Marines as a young man. Upon returning, the settled in Amarillo and eventually obtained a job at Pantex. At Pantex, he became invovled with Union organizating and evetnually became an organizer lobbying in Washington DC. From there, he began joining other ogranizations such as LULAC to raise scolarship money as well as to promote voter regestration. He ran for State Representative in Amarillo three times.
Date: June 8, 2016
Duration: 53 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Bosquez, Abel; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Oral History Interview with Ebelardo Lopez, June 10, 2016

Description: Ebelardo “Abe” Lopez was born in La Mesa, Texas to a home mother maker and father who drove large trucks and farmed part time. Once graduating from high school in La Mesa, he was sent by his parents and the farmer his dad worked for to Texas Tech University in Lubbock to sign up for classes. He entered Texas Tech, left to join the military, then returned to finish his degree. Once finishing his degree in history and leaving a graduate program in history, he obtained a job as a probation officer… more
Date: June 10, 2016
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Lopez, Ebelardo
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Oral History Interview with Jewelle Allen, June 8, 2016

Description: Jewell Allen was born and raised in Georgetown. She graduated valedictorian from her high school and obtained a scholarship to attend Prairie View A&M University. She transferred to Huston–Tillotson University in Austin, where she met her husband, and graduated with a BA in English. She and her husband moved to Amarillo after he was recruited as a coach. She coached girls' basketball and taught English in Amarillo and was involved with Greek Letter organizations as well as the NAACP.
Date: June 8, 2016
Duration: 46 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Allen, Jewelle & Wisely, Karen
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Oral History Interview with Socorro Medina on June 5, 2016

Description: Socorro "Coco" Medina grew up in Amarillo and attending university in Denver, where she joined the Chicano Movement. She returned to Amarillo and began to push for social justice in the Panhandle through the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and other mainstream organizations. She also launched the first Spanish language radio station in the city alongside her husband and is currently helping preserve the history of the city's Mexican American population.
Date: June 5, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Zapata, Joel & Medina, Socorro
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Priming-Cup

Description: Patent for an improved version of the priming cup "shown in Patent No. 1,329,464, granted February 3, 1920" (lines13-14). Includes illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.
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[House in Amarillo]

Description: Photograph of the front of a bungalow-style house, with a small yard enclosed by a decorative short metal fence identified by handwritten text as "Residence of Mrs. Moore, 17th Fillmore St. Amarillo, Tex." The front part of the house is octagonal with a horseshoe-shaped porch held up by Doric columns. Two people are partially visible, sitting on the far edge of the porch in the left side of the image.
Date: unknown
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Clothes-Rack

Description: Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell
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Engine.

Description: Patent for a new engine designed to maximize power output by using a single crank's bearing surface and increase the crank power without lengthening the piston travel.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
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Gas Stove.

Description: Patent for a gas stove that is "simple, inexpensive, durable and reliable" (lines 9-10). Gas will be distributed more evenly throughout the stove and better sealing prevents gas odors from escaping.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Wood, Thomas E.
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