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Gate-Operating Mechanism

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Operating Mechanisms" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Wilson, Simeon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Men Standing Around Whale]

Description: Photograph of several men standing around a dead sperm whale laid on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. A wooden fence is visible to the right, and there is a coil of rope on the boards in the foreground.
Date: March 18, 1910
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[A Woman and a Girl]

Description: Photograph of a woman wearing a large coat and a wide hat with a floppy brim, standing next to a little girl wearing an ermine lined coat and hat, and holding a muff. The woman looks down at the little girl so that the hat obscures her face, while the girl smiles. They stand on a sidewalk. In the background, a fence and a telephone pole are visible.
Date: 1910~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[A dirt road]

Description: Photograph of a dirt road leading into the mountains. A fence with wooden posts runs alongside one side of the road. On the other side of the fence, a flat field can be seen.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rock formation on the side of a road]

Description: Photograph of a rock formation on the side of the road. The rock formation goes up into a a point and has a slope down the front. The formation is surrounded by trees and plants and is on top of a hill. There is a barbed wire fence between the road and the hill and the bottom of the fence is lined with rocks.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Fence-Post.

Description: Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Naiser, John Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Yoke.

Description: Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Carr, Jessie D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Picket-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for a picket fence machine for a fence that can be built of wire where normal fence pickets are woven and spaced an equal distance apart, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Purdy, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Bickler Family Women Knitting]

Description: Photograph of six women of the Bickler family sitting on a nench or fence and knitting. The five on the left are looking at their knitting or sewing projects, but the one on the right is looking at the camera. Martha Bickler is possibly fourth from left.
Date: April 29, 1919
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Iron gate on a stone fence]

Description: Photograph of a stone fence with an iron gate. There are two gates in the fence, are large, pentagon shaped double gate in the center and a smaller one to the left of this. There is a dirt road leading through this center gate and the area around this road is very rocky. On the other side of the fence is a forest with very dense trees.
Date: [1910..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Trees in front of a field]

Description: Photograph of trees in front of a field. The field is separated by a barbed wire fence and is mostly flat land with some trees scattered about in the distance. There is a large tree in the foreground of the image next to a pole on the opposite side of the fence from the field. In the background of the image, mountains are visible.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountains in the desert]

Description: Photograph of mountains in the desert. The desert has areas or sparse grass and brush, however the ground is mostly covered in dirt. There is a fence running across the center of the image, and in the distance on the opposite side of the fence a covered wagon is visible. The mountains are in the background of this image and they have fairly flat tops.
Date: [1910..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks]

Description: Photographs of shacks in Mexico. The top left photo is of shacks made with sticks and thatched roofs, with a man in a military uniform standing next to a tent in front of the shacks. The top right photo is of a man standing next to a thatched-roof shack behind a stick fence. The bottom left photo is of two men standing at the doorway of a shack with mud and stick walls and a thatched roof. The bottom right photo is of a fenced yard with several buildings next to a dirt road.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

The Hensley Family

Description: Photograph of the Hensley family in 1917. The men, women and children are all standing outside of some buildings near a fence. Many of them wear hats.
Date: 1917
Creator: Arnold, Herbert J.
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Adobe House at El Boracho Ranch

Description: Page with a photograph and description of an adobe house in 1910 built of mud located and surrounded by a wooden fence on the El Boracho Ranch. A ladder leans against the structure. The owner of the ranch was Lino Baeza. He raised goats and cows and horses. His fields were watered by the nearby creek. He grew corn, wheat, beans, peas, watermelons, sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, and pumpkins which were all watered by the creek. This was part of a report done for a History class at Marfa H… more
Date: 1910
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Adobe House at El Boracho Ranch

Description: Photograph of an adobe house in 1910 located and surrounded by a wooden fence on the El Boracho Ranch. A ladder leans against the structure. The owner of the ranch was Lino Baeza. He raised goats and cows and horses. His fields were watered by the nearby creek. He grew corn, wheat, beans, peas, watermelons, sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, and pumpkins which were all watered by the creek.
Date: 1910
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Adobe House at El Boracho Ranch

Description: Photograph of an adobe house in 1910 surrounded by a wooden fence on the El Boracho Ranch. A ladder leans against the structure. The owner of the ranch was Lino Baeza. He raised goats and cows and horses. His fields were watered by the nearby creek. He grew corn, wheat, beans, peas, watermelons, sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, and pumpkins which were all watered by the creek.
Date: 1910
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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