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CASH REGISTER.

Description: Patent for improvements in cash-registers for making change and with a recording mechanism for printing amounts for which change is made, including descriptions of the parts of the mechanism and with illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Woodson, James F. & Lindsay, Oscar L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Selective service]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 5, 1982, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Amtrak]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 20, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Autographic Register.

Description: Patent for an autographic register that provides "improved means for guiding, stamping, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills; [provides] improved means for guiding the strips of paper and holding the carbon or duplicating paper in operative position; furthermore, [provides] improved means for operating the several parts of the mechanism to insure accuracy and facilitate the subsequent permanent filing of the record-bills" (lines 9-19).
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Norcross, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cash-Register.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive cash-register that is accurate and alerts the customer to the price. The operator must charge the correct amount for the purchase.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Johnson, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adding-Machine.

Description: Patent for am adding machine by using two disks, one a units-disk with pins in multiples of ten, one a tens-disk, is an annular disk with pin surrounding the units disk, an outwardly spring-pressed holder having a beveled outer end frictionally engaging the pins of the tens-disk and a carrier having oppositely-beveled ends engaged a supplemental pin and one pin on the tens-disks, teeth in the adjacent faces of the holder and carrier, and an idle-gear between them to enable the adding operation.… more
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Wright, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Autographic Register.

Description: Patent for a device to register fares in situations where passengers pay to be transported from one location to another, specifically by train. The fare-collector needs a way to have accurate receipts as fares are collected. The invention is a "small portable ticket-holder and registering device (lines 38-39), that issues valid tickets "which will enable a conductor to keep a correct current amount of fares as received as well as a record of tickets sold and mileage traveled on same" (lines 41-… more
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Bond, George D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Jail Register, Cooke County, 1897-1910]

Description: Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing a record of prisoners confined in the county jail. Recorded information includes names, age, physical descriptions, dates of confinement, fines, offenses, and names of jailer. The ledger also contains a letter from Cook County Judge J. M. Wright, dated June 21, 1904, regarding his decision in the case of the State of Texas v. [Benye Bawden]. See entry 42 on page 98 of this ledger for more information on the defendant.
Date: 1897/1910
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Convict Labor Record, Cooke County, 1878-1891]

Description: Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing a record of convicts that were hired out to do work. Recorded information includes names, dates of convictions, physical descriptions, fees and fines owed, and information about hire. Includes some inserts containing legal documentation of debts to the court. The record is listed alphabetically by convict name.
Date: 1878/1891
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Children's Museum Interior Space and Signage]

Description: Photograph of a large interior space, painted green with large entryways on the far back wall. Two people can be seen near them, in front of a counter space where a couple of computers and registers have been set. A woman can be seen behind it. Nearest the foreground is a tall vertical column with different lighted signs, which point to different locations like "Good Cents Bank" and "Leonardo's Workshop." Accompanying records indicate photograph was taken at the Children's Museum, which corresp… more
Date: 1996
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Manager of a drug store]

Description: Photograph of a store manager smiling at the counter of a drug store. To the left is a register that has writing on top that says, "Get gifts free, Top Value, stamps." A sign in front of the register says, "Our pledge: We appreciate your patronage and we pledge that you will receive free top value stamps." On the counter various products are displayed stacked up in small boxes. Such as Bufferin, Dristan, Vigran, and Sucrets, among others. Behind the counter plants are lined up along the back wa… more
Date: 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Volunteers in Alamo Saloon]

Description: Photograph of two volunteers standing in a corner of the Alamo Saloon behind the counter during the DFW Archives Bazaar at the Dallas Heritage Village. There is a register and sign that reads "Volunteer Drinks & Snacks" in front of them. On the wall behind them are framed pictures, a clock, and a large mirror.
Date: October 14, 2018
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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