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["Sunset Special" rolls through Missouri]

This train of yesteryear, Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Sunshine Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6423, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven cars, rolls through Missouri countryside enroute from Texas to St. Louis.

Date: 1917~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Envelope from L. B. Price Mercantile Co. to Linnet White, September 8, 1917]

An envelope originally sent by L. B. Price Mercantile Co. to Linnet (Mrs. Claude D.) White, post marked in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 8, 1917. White then reused the envelope to contact the sender, causing the second post mark from Kansas City, Missouri, on September 12, 1917. The stamp has been removed.

Date: September 8, 1917

Creator: L. B. Price Mercantile Co.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Envelope from M. C. Elliott to Linnet White, August 28, 1917]

Envelope from M. C. Elliott at 3335 [Montgall] Ave., Kansas City, Missouri to Linnet White, addressed as Mrs. Claude D. White in Denver, Colorado. It is postmarked Kansas City, Missouri August 17, 1917, and the date Aug 28 is also stamped on the front. The return address is written on the back, along with some other handwritten notes. The right edge of the envelope has been torn.

Date: August 17, 1917

Creator: Elliott, M. C.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, August 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family back home regarding his travels to St. Louis, Missouri. Clay says that they are on a train about three hours away from St. Louis but does not know about when they will travel to New York. Clay also tries to comfort his mother and tells her that she should be happy.

Date: August 1917

Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks

Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.

Date: July 31, 1917

Creator: Daven, Michael P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilating-Fastener.

Patent for an improved tuft fastening device that provides ventilation through cushion tufts to make cushions cooler to the touch, including illustrations.

Date: May 8, 1917

Creator: Davis, Don M. & Underwood, Thomas J.