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[Dorothea Guenther. Taken while at Ogontz School in Pennsylvania.]

Description: Portrait of Dorothea Guenther taken while at Ogontz School in Pennsylvania. Dorothea is wearing a dress with tiny dark circles. It has a netting type layer of bodice with beadwork trim. Beads are also seen on the short sleeves. She has dark hair that is pulled up and toward crown of her head. She is sitting in a wooden chair and has her left hand on the armrest. Portrait ends at knees.
Date: 1912
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Game Apparatus

Description: Patent for a game that is designed to impart instruction or information according to subject or topic desired.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Prickett, Clinton E. & Cool, Roy D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Postcard of Oilwell Derrick in Bradford, Pennsylvania]

Description: Postcard of a wooden oil derrick erected over a shed with a group of people on the ground. The letter on the back of the postcard reads, "Dear Mamie, I'd like to shake you for not writing when my train letters was longer. Have at you, woman. I hear you're going to leave old Gunston. Good work my dear, and please give my B. some extra hand slaps for me. Remember our fights? Oh no. Heard lots about you, please write, Bowie." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden McFadden Ave. Beaumont… more
Date: September 8, 1910
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Improvements in Manufacture of Organic Solvents

Description: Patent for new improvements to the manufacture of organic solvents. Specifically as it it relates to the treatment of acetone oils with catalysts for the purpose of converting the ketones contained within the acetone oil into alcohol.
Date: December 5, 1914
Creator: Hibbert, Harold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Manufacture of Gasolene.

Description: Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Description: Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) in which aluminum carbid "is subjected to the action of chlorin or a gas containing chlorin" (lines 17-19) and is more cost effective, uses less heat, and does not require the use of bauxite (optional) or metallic aluminum.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Smith, Dillon F. & Essex, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.

Description: Patent for the new and improved production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons; "[t]his invention relates to the production of dichlorinated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, and particularly to the production of mixtures of dichlorinated hydrocarbons containing dichlor-ethylene and dichlor-propylene from mixtures of ethylene hydrocarbons containing ethylene and propylene." (lines 13-20)
Date: December 10, 1915
Creator: Brooks, Benjamin T. & Smith, Dillon F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Postcard of Fire Fighters with a Hand-Drawn Fire Engine]

Description: Postcard of uniformed fire fighters standing near a hand-drawn fire engine. The engine has two poles on its front for the fire fighters to carry, and requires multiple people to move. The engine has the words, " Torrent Veteran" written on its hose. On the back of the postcard, the sender left a handwritten message that says, "Cannot find any cards of the Phila. Fire Dept. -Edna V. Johnson."
Date: June 29, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Edna V.
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 12, October 1, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: October 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 11, September 15, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: September 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Description: Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) wherein solid materials are preheated to alleviate heating supply issues during the process.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: King, George H. & Roberts, Gerald I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Line of Soldiers at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of uniformed soldiers standing in a curving line, with handwritten text in the lower-left corner: "The Mess Line. Camp MacArthur. Waco, Texas." Rows of large tents are visible to the left of the line and mess hall. Handwritten text addressed to Miss Ethel Reser and postmarked 1918 says: "Are you taking good care of the dogs? How's your lazy dad? This is how your uncle gets his eats. Al"
Date: October 20, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Soldiers Marching at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of the soldiers of Section "B" marching on a dirt road at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. William Jennings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and says, "Dear friend, This is [?] life down here and I like it better every day. Am at present (acting) corporal while in the detention camp. Will be assigned to my squad or company when I get out of quarantine. Roland A Bosler. Aviation Camp, Waco, Texas."
Date: March 25, 1918
Creator: Bosler, Roland A.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918]

Description: Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr. regarding the death of her son and the compassion that Henry Clay, Jr. showed their family. She goes on to describe the unfair treatment Washington has given Clay, Jr.'s detachment in England and herself by not clarifying the cause of Harold Ainsworth's death.
Date: January 28, 1918
Creator: Ainsworth, Alliert
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Scouting, Volume 2, Number 2, May 15, 1914

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: May 15, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 1, 1914

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: February 1, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 13, October 15, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: October 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

Scouting, Volume 3, Number 15, December 1, 1915

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: December 1, 1915
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum
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