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Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers

Description: Patent for a bale tying mechanism for balers. This invention is "a tying mechanism to unite the ends of a tie or wire after said wire has been passed around the bale" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Telephone]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a tour of top science students from Dallas to watch Southwestern Bell Telephone Company on the 119th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell.
Date: March 5, 1966
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Explosion]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 6, 1981, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Brace Wire Fastening for Wire Fences.

Description: Patent for a new and improved brace-wire fastening for wire fences. This design consists "[i]n a fence, the combination, with the panel wires, of the braces with their ends hooked upon one and the same side of the upper and lower panel-wires, and said braces being stepped to receive and applied to the opposite side of the intermediate panel-wires, and the tri-armed or T-shaped clasps with their arms embracing the panel-wires and the braces at their points of intersection" (lines 81-89).
Date: September 22, 1885
Creator: Lott, Arthur
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Aerobic Center]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 13, 1983, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Men in Debris After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of two men standing on top of a metal beam in front of a damaged building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building's windows are blown out. One man wear a leather jacket and hat and is pointing at the ground. The man behind him wears overalls and a cap. All over the ground is a pile of debris that includes bricks, beams, and wire.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photographs of Flood Scenes in Fort Worth, Texas]

Description: Photographs of two scenes after a flood in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1915. The top photograph shows four men, one woman and a dog surrounding a metal canister with a spout. They are all holding white cups and saucers and kneeling. Two of the boys are wearing overalls and three are wearing hats. The woman is wearing a long dress, apron and bonnet. The bottom photograph is looking down on several flooded streets. There is a large wooden tower on the right side of the frame, several poles and wires and … more
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Blue Mountain

Description: This photograph shows a mountain in the distance. In the foreground, there appears to be the edge of an unpaved road and telephone wires up above. Between the road and the mountain, there is a flat area covered in desert scrub. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Blue Mountain west of Ft. Davis Tex. June 1929 by H. A. King."
Date: June 1929
Creator: King, H. A.
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Woman standing at Digitization tables]

Description: Photograph of a female volunteer standing beside one of the tables being used for the "Digitizing Family Collections" booth at the DFW Archives Bazaar event. She is holding a phone up to her ear while looking through photos in front of her. There are water bottles, wires, computers, and papers on the table and stacks of chairs against the wall behind them.
Date: October 14, 2018
Creator: Williamson, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Collapsible Coop

Description: Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Willoughby, Alford Pervis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Engineers using a machine]

Description: Photograph of two engineers using a machine with monitors and panels. One man is moving wires. The other man is pushing buttons and touching a lever.
Date: April 2, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Washer Women" and base]

Description: Photograph of a folk-art piece titled "Washer Women", that depicts to female figures. One is reclining in what appears to be a rocking chair and the other is standing with her hands reaching towards a board in the yellow bucket in front of her. Both figures are designed differently. The one reclining is two dimensional and painted in white and black, while the one standing upright is three dimensional and has distinct features, two eyes a protruding nose and a carved mouth, and colorful blue p… more
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Washer Women" folk-art]

Description: Photograph of a folk-art piece depicting two "Washer Women". One is reclining in what appears to be a rocking chair and the other is standing with her hand on a board in the bucket in front of her. Both figures are designed differently. The one reclining is two dimensional and painted in white and black. The one standing upright is three dimensional and has more distinct features and colorful paint. A wire attached to a small metal rod runs behind her and possibly moves her.
Date: December 4, 2013
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Englis gag shot]

Description: Photograph of three men in a gag shot. One man is leaning very far over on the left on one leg, reaching with his right arm holding a long chord. The man in the middle is lower down with a foot propped up, holding the left man's leg steady. On the right another man stands holding a wad of wires and looking at the left man.
Date: May 10, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stereoscope viewer with picture of forest in holder]

Description: Photograph of a stereoscope viewer from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. The face piece is a metal material and there is a wooden piece attached to it that is holding a picture with two images of the same forest in different tones. There is also a wooden barrier between the eye holes so that one eye focuses on each image creating a 3D effect.
Date: August 2, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Two Men Injured as Utility Pole Falls]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about James D. Grisham and Henry L. Stallings, two linemen for Texas Electric Service Company who were injured when a utility pole fell at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show.
Date: January 25, 1956
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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