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Four Women on a Ladder

Description: Photograph of four women standing on a ladder that is leaning against a water cistern. Louise Howell Conn is on the bottom rung and Alyce Howell is just above her with two unidentified women above them. They all wear blouses and long skirts. Alyce Howell wears a neck tie. In the background are houses, trees and fences.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Topographic Reservoir Map #1]

Description: Topographic map of the area around a reservoir drawn in black and yellow ink. According to the caption in the upper-left corner, "Topographic map of a reservoir site at the juncture of Kaiser Creek and North Pecan Bayou about nine miles south west of Baird, Callahan County, Texas." Scale 1:12,000
Date: September 1, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Topographic Reservoir Map #2]

Description: Topographic map of the area around a reservoir drawn in color on a blueprint background. According to the caption in the upper-left corner, "Topographic map of a reservoir site at the juncture of Kaiser Creek and North Pecan Bayou about nine miles south west of Baird, Callahan County, Texas." Scale 1:12,000
Date: September 1, 1934
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Map of the Paluxy Artesian Reservoirs of the Black and Grand Prairies of Texas including the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers

Description: This map shows a portion of Texas with shadings in different colors to represent depths of reservoirs. In the top, left-hand corner, there is an inset showing the entire state and marking the area detailed in the map. The header at the top of the map says, "U. S. Geological Survey, Twenty-First Annual Report, Part VII, PL. LXX." Scale [1:316,800] "Contour Interval 100 feet."
Date: 1900
Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas, 1858-1941
Partner: UNT Libraries

Map of the Woodbine Artesian Reservoirs of the Black and Grand Prairies of Texas including the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers

Description: This map shows a portion of Texas with markings for different kinds of artesian reservoirs. The header at the top of the map says, "U. S. Geological Survey, Twenty-First Annual Report, Part VII, PL. LXXI." Scale [1:804,672] "Contour Interval 100 feet."
Date: 1900
Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas, 1858-1941
Partner: UNT Libraries

Axle-Box.

Description: Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Casto, Tony Lo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal-Lubricator.

Description: Patent for improvements in lubricators by mounting a box, with a pair holes near its ends, on a bearing; with partitions across the box adjacent each holes, a pair of cord shape wicks and a depending flange, depressing the wicks to the bottom of the box. “When the box filled with liquid lubricant and the cover closed, the lower edge of the flange depresses the wicks, submerging them at the center of the box, and the wicks absorb oil at this point, the oil is lead thence by capillary attraction … more
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Hubbard, Benjamin V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Strainer.

Description: Patent for a pump-strainer that cleans and separates water or other liquid that is drawn from wells or reservoirs.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Durant, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soldering-Tool.

Description: Patent for an improved soldering-tool by having a reservoir for gasoline or other light hydrocarbon, a burner-tube, and a valve for regulating the combustion of the gasoline and heating the tool continuously and uniformly, without a furnace. Illustration is included.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Barber, Edwin L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Elephant Butte Dam]

Description: Postcard image of the construction of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico, viewed from the south side of the dam, with the reservoir in the background. The postcard front caption reads: "Elephant Butte Dam, Biggest Irrigation Project in the World. Lands under this Project Our Specialty. Broaddus & Le Baron, El Paso, Tex." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Horne, Hallowell, Maine and the postcard is post marked, El Paso, Texas, June 14, 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Trinity basin master plan.

Description: Map shows reservoirs and lakes along the Trinity River from Gainesville to Houston Texas. Includes legend and informational text about "the Trinity Project." Scale not given.
Date: [1963..1974]
Creator: Trinity Improvement Association
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sketch showing an area in the vicinity of the Marine Creek Reservoir situated about 5 1/2 miles northwest from the courhouse in Tarrant County, Texas : Surveyed in August and September of 1968.

Description: Map shows land surveys and abstracts, flood easements, pipelines, and roads in the vicinity of the Marine Creek reservoir. Includes table of acreage surveyed. Scale [1:4,800].
Date: 1968
Creator: Brookes Baker
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Isthmus of Panama. : showing Panama Canal.

Description: Map shows path of the Panama Canal, proposed dams, lakes, and reservoirs, canal locks, existing and "proposed new location" for the railroad, cities and towns, and named mountain peaks. Insets: "Republic of Panama" and "Profile of Panama Canal." Relief shown by hachures, profile, and spot heights. Depths shown by profile. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date: 1904
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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