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Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Description: Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 28, 1877
Creator: Staples, George S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Description: Patent for an improved fire escape "apparatus for receiving without injury persons or goods falling from windows of burning buildings" (line 18-20).
Date: September 11, 1877
Creator: Shishmanian, George N.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Fort Davis 1880]

Description: This photograph shows Fort Davis after snow has fallen. There are several long structures to the right which are the Quartermaster's building and store house. In the middle of the photograph, there is a large open field. In the foreground, there are rocks and the ruins of a small adobe building. Around the left edge of the field, there are trees and the Officer's Barracks. At the far end of the barracks are several two-story buildings including the Post Chapel and Post Headquarters. In the… more
Date: 1880~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Third Anderson County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of an ornate building identified as the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine, Texas. In the foreground, the lawn has been landscaped. In 1885, Palestine, like most of the country, was in the midst of a depression, complicated by a series of railroad strikes, so there was little new construction. However, Anderson County had to have a new courthouse because the old one was literally falling down. And they were determined to have the finest and most up-to-date building that could … more
Date: 1885~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

J. H. Appelt Building

Description: Photograph of the J. H. Appelt Building in 1889. There are people standing around the building and a man in a cart pulled by two mules. This is a brick two-story building with lots of windows. According to accompanying information, this saloon was located at Third and LaGrange Streets in Hallettsville and was built in 1888-89, and there was a fire in 1890 which resulted in the left side of the building being torn down and rebuilt.
Date: 1889
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Auditorium

Description: Copy negative of the a Simmons College brochure with a picture of the auditorium viewed from the back. There are rows of seats and in the back is a stage with pianos and a painted forest background.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Campus View

Description: Copy negative of a Simmons College brochure with a picture of the campus. There are a few buildings and a road with people and automobiles in the scene. On the right is a field with trees.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Campus View

Description: Copy negative of a Simmons College brochure with a view of the campus. There is a cannon in a field with trees and two buildings in the background.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Campus View

Description: Copy negative of a Simmons College brochure with a view of the campus. There are fields with trees, a road, and a few buildings in the background including Anna Hall.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

College Campus View

Description: Copy negative of a Simmons College brochure with pictures of campus buildings on the left and right, an oval-shaped picture of a building above, and a design in the middle.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Electric Light Ice Plant and Waterworks

Description: Postcard of the power plant, water works, and ice plant in Arlington around 1900. There are buildings and power lines along the street. A water tower stands in the middle. There are two horses pulling a wagon and another standing in the street.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Lutheran Church]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Lutheran Church on the corner of Fourteenth Street and Dallas Avenue. A steeple extends from the front of the church. In front of the church, there are trees; to the right side, there are buildings. Text below the photograph says "Lutheran Church - 1901[,] 14th. and Dallas[,] School Minister lived on 15th. St."
Date: 1901
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Residence of W. D. Griffing]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of the home of W. D. Griffing on 4200 Twin City Highway. The house is two stories high and arches decorate the front entrance. In the foreground, there is a field with trees and plants. Text below the photograph says "Residence of W. D. Griffing, Port Arthur, Texas. Mr. Griffing is one of the Griffing Brothers, Nurserymen of Florida, Alabama, and Texas, the largest and most complete Nurserymen organization in the South." A circle symbol with "GB" in it is pri… more
Date: 1905~
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Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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