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Satin wedding shoes

Description: Pair of ladies' off-white or cream heavy satin wedding shoes. Designed with rounded toes, the slip-in shoes had an embellishment across vamp of an applied white satin bow or pouch. One survives in part. Lined in white fabric. Sole of natural brown leather, heel covered in white satin. Medium-height heel with rounded sides and back, curving inwards and then straight down to base, similar to a modern continental heel.
Date: 1913
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Motor-Plow.

Description: Patent for a type of steering shoe for a motor plow powered by gasoline or internal combustion.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Robison, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Brake.

Description: Patent for "railway brakes, which are constructed to grip the wheels, and which, in the event of an emergency, may be set to lift the wheels off the track in order to obtain a quick stoppage of the train" (lines 9-14) including illustrations and explanations of the brakes' components.
Date: June 26, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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