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Tent and Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tent. This design is "to provide a tent-frame in such a manner that it may be readily folded into small compass, and which when extended for use will be very strong and serviceable" (lines 14-17). To this end, it consists of a cap, "of the rafters pivoted in the walls of said recesses and having their ends formed with a short incline or bevel and a longer or different incline or bevel" (lines 1-4).
Date: November 26, 1889
Creator: Turner, Epraim Meral
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Man in Front of a Canvas Tent]

Description: Postcard of a man standing in the foreground in front of a large canvas tent. A derrick stands in the background directly behind the man. The caption on the image reads "In the oil field" and "Tate Photo Laredo #685."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Row of Tents]

Description: Photograph of a row of tents pitched on either side of a wide walkway lined with shallow trenches. The tents on the right side are all dark-colored and large enough for multiple people. The tents on the left side alternate between being large and light-colored and small and dark-colored. Most of the tents have their front flaps open. Several men in military-style uniforms walk about the scene.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Field Filled with Tents]

Description: Photograph of dozens of large, circular tents pitched close together in a field. In the distance, the smoke of a campfire rises above the tents. On the right side of the image, three men, one in light-colored undergarments and the other two in military-style uniforms, are gathered around a stack of firewood. A woman in a light shirt and a long, dark skirt looks on.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Man reaching for book on table]

Description: Photograph of a man reaching for a book from a table with a wide variety of books on it. There is another man standing next to him holding a book on his left hand. The men are in a large tent with several tables that have books on them and other people are shown in the photograph browsing through the collection of books.
Date: June 24, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Group of Men Outside]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing outside. One man has his back to a video camera and is squatting down to look through the lens. Two other men appear to be in conversation with each other.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dietel, Norman
Partner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos

[People Sitting Under a Tree]

Description: This photograph shows a group of people - both men and women of different ages - and they are standing under a large tree. The men are all wearing suits and hats; the women are wearing dresses and hats as well. The people in the front row are sitting in chairs and there are people standing in a second row behind them. The ground in front of them is covered in short grass and there is a small bush. In the background, there are some other trees. To the left, there appears to be a covered wag… more
Date: 1902~/1903~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Camp Scene]

Description: Photograph of a camp scene with a pot hanging from a spit over a fire pit and three men under a tent in the background. Possibly a Boy Scout camp.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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