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Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Acuff, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Awning.

Description: Patent for a new and improved awning. This design consists in "[t]he awning frame, consisting of the pivoted curved rods, pivoted sectional braces pivotally connected to said rods, and the holding or suspending bars pivoted to said rods and having series of adjusting-apertures engaging pins or studs of said braces" (lines 74-79).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Allen, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water Heater

Description: Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Allen, William Bell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 6 - Holidays and Vacations]

Description: This home movie documents the Anderson family celebrating holidays and traveling in Texas. The film begins with the family celebrating Christmas and continues with adults and children playing in a club house in Longview, Texas (1 min., 48 sec.), children playing (2 min., 54 sec.), a wedding (10 min., 25 sec.), a trip to Fair Play, Texas (10 min., 25 sec.), children riding bicycles (11 min., 31 sec.) and a baby shower (11 min., 56 sec.)
Date: 1970/1971
Duration: 15 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Anderson, James
Partner: UNT Media Library

Rembert Theatre

Description: Photograph of the "Rembert Theatre [in] Longview, [Texas]," as noted in handwriting on back of postcard. There is a large group of children standing in front of the theater, and a few men in the background. There is a car on the left side of the photograph, and some of the children are holding books.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Angelina Studio
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Portrait of Ada Brown]

Description: Photograph of Ada Brown captured from the chest up. In the image Brown is positioned in front of a dark color background while wearing a light color dress. Her dress has dark color line detailing around the collar.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anthony
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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Oral History Interview with David Van, June 24, 2016

Description: Mr. Van Os grew up in segregated Kilgore, in East Texas; the first part of the interview is spent in his recollections of the era, including the eventual integration of the schools in the mid-to-late 1960s. He attended UT Austin, where he became involved in SDS and joined several activities that involved African American and Mexican American activists. While studying law, he did an internship with the law firm of David Richards, who had been working on voting rights litigation earlier that deca… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Van Os, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Cotton Gin.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Harness.

Description: Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Baton, Durham D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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