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El Paso Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of El Paso County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, townships, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map to denote the addition of a creek and Monument Number 7. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

El Paso City Directory, 1921

Description: General directory for El Paso, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory of citizens, business and professional firms and corporations; a street directory; a complete record of the state government and its institutions, including members of the legislature; a directory of the city and county governments, churches, educational institutions, secret and benevolent so… more
Date: 1921
Creator: Hudspeth Directory Co.
Partner: University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso County

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1921
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Sam Myres' El Maida Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the El Maida Temple in El Paso, Texas. The card has two bands of green with gold text; in the center, to the left of Myres' name is a round seal for the temple including an image of a star on a pyramid with the temple's name around it.
Date: January 1921
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. El Maida Temple (El Paso, Tex.)
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Process For The Reduction Of Iron And Lead Ores.

Description: Patent for a process that reduces iron and lead ores. This is done through two distinct combustion processes, the first of which converts the fuel and oxygen into carbon dioxide and the second process which produces carbon monoxide, that can produce iron or steel of different grades.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Anderson, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

El Paso Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1921
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.75 -106.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cleaning Device

Description: Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve and Valve-Seat.

Description: Patent for a valve and valve seat made of stainless steel for the purpose of preventing rusting and corrosion.
Date: September 20, 1921
Creator: Bevelle, Joseph C. & Smith, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Device for Motor-Vehicles.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive locking mechanism that would prevent an automobile from being used in an unauthorized way, while still allowing the vehicle to be manually moved or towed if needed, including illustrations.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Harris, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Foldable Hacksaw.

Description: Patent for a foldable hacksaw, including illustrations. The foldable hacksaw is "of rigid construction, at the same time being foldable...so that it may be readily carried in the pocket" (lines 13-16).
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Barner, Lawrence Dunston
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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