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[Bust tintype photograph of Eugene Arnold wearing a dark coat]

Description: Bust tintype photograph of Mr. Eugene Arnold. He is wearing a dark coat, light colored vest and white shirt and tie. He hair is parted on his right side. Enclosed in a pink cardboard substrate. Embossed on bottom: "PAT NOV. 5 1867 C.A. KIHLGREN BOSTON, MASS" On back, handwritten: "Mr Eugene Arnold Bolelingreen Ky"
Date: November 5, 1867
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Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Miss. Francelia Leonard]

Description: (back of photo) Miss Francelia (?) Leonard of 36 Oxford St., Fairhaven, Mass., who willed me $2000.00 when I requested to make it a trust fund with reversal to the Virginia Ep. Theol. Seminary - Income 75.00 per yr. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Grace Church, New Bedford, Mass]

Description: Photograph of the west entrance of the Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, taken from the opposite side of County Street near several automobiles. There is a tall, square tower above the door and, to the right, a portion of the building with a peaked roof and a small cross at the top, large stained-glass windows, and decorative brickwork along the eaves.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.632632 -70.929924
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Unidentified People]

Description: (back of photo) while visiting the Leonards of 36 Oxford St. - Fairhaven, Mass. Summer 1929-30. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1929
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Mrs. Knowlton, wife of Major Knowlton]

Description: (back of photo) Maj. Knowlton's wife (52) and her M.J.T. (can't read) at Jitney Players "back stage". They had a great pla, we all had a barrel of fun and a good dinner at the Knowlton's on Salter's Point So. Dartsmouth. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[White, yellow blue medal with Nathan Hale statue]

Description: Photograph of a white, yellow and dark blue SAR Insignia medal with a statue of Nathan Hale distributed by the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution for their Golden Anniversary Congress, held at New London, Massachusetts in 1939. The medal is in the shape of Massachusetts, and has a quote by Nathan Hale on the back that reads, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale is said to have uttered just before being hanged as a spy by the British.
Date: 1939
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[South Station in Boston]

Description: South Station in Boston, June 1930. At this date the large train shed was being removed as part of the overall modernization of the station. Platform canopies were the replacement. This large terminal had twenty stub end tracks. In the background a steamship is moored at the wharf and in the foreground are the tracks and depot of the Boston Elevated Railway.
Date: June 1930
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Oil Press Mat.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "relates to mats between which cakes of ground cotton or other oil-yielding seed are held while being subjected to the action of the press which separates the oil from the cakes. The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of such mats, whereby they are made more efficient and durable than those in general use" (lines 9-17).
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: Mann, Frederic C. & Schumacher, Henry
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Distributer.

Description: Patent for simple and efficient oil-distributor that is meant to calm the water next to a ship. It also takes up little space and can easily be launched over the side of the ship and is insured so that oil is automatically distributed into the water.
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Ericson, John & Phinney, Adelbert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gravity Oil-Distributer for Ships.

Description: Patent for a gravity oil-distributors for ships at sea that calms the water during storms. "the objects of [the] invention are to produce a very simple, cheap and buoyant boat or float, that may be compactly stored upon deck, conveniently launched over the side of the vessel, and so manipulated therefrom as to keep a proper and desired relative position in connection therewith, and which will automatically feed oil to the water" (lines 11-18).
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Ericson, John
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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