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[Photograph of Kate, Laura, and Lavinia Mayfield]

Description: Photograph of Kate, Laura, and Lavinia Mayfield wearing dark-colored dresses. They are all seated facing toward the camera and the woman in the middle is holding some small accessories on her lap. The back of the photo has "Mayfield Sisters; Aunt Kate, Aunt Laura, Aunt Lavinia" written on it.
Date: 1896~
Creator: Machann, Joseph J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of the Curtis Estate

[Ringling Brothers Circus in Cleburne, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Cleburne, Texas, parading through the downtown. There are several elephants visible walking in a line and two ornate tableau wagons, each drawn by a team of four horses. There is a large crowd in front of the shops lining the street.
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

[Letter and advertisements from The Chicago Sentinel, December 5, 1896]

Description: Letter and advertisements from the Chicago Sentinel, requesting a list of local voters who will favor free silver candidates like William Jennings Bryan in the 1900 presidential election. Included are some cards advertising L. D. Reynolds book "National Platforms and Political History." The envelope is also included.
Date: December 5, 1896
Creator: Chicago Sentinel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of the CC Cox Family

[Letter to C. A. Snow Attorneys - March 1896]

Description: Letter written to patent attorneys C. A. Snow & Co. inquiring about a patent application for an invention using winding springs to store energy. It asks for the opinion of the attorneys regarding a possible title for the invention and other details about the process.
Date: March 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Satin shoes

Description: Shoes of light brown silk. Slightly pointed with rounded toe. Strap of self fabric with button fastening on outside of foot. Stacked bell-bottom style heel. L: 22.5 cm W: 6 cm H: 9 cm Heel: 3.5 cm / 1 3/8 in.
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Shoes

Description: Shoes of ecru silk. Slightly pointed with rounded toe. Strap of self fabric across instep, fastening with button on outside of foot with rounded pearl-like glass button. 1 3/8" high Louis style heel.
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Window-Shade Raiser.

Description: Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Giraud, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leg-Protector.

Description: Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date: June 23, 1896
Creator: Herbelin, Alfred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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