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Fire Fighting Apparatus: Catalog Number 20

Description: Catalog for the American-La France Fire Engine Company providing a listing of fire engines and supplementary apparatus for sale with illustrations, general specifications, and photographs of use for each. The catalog also provides a history of the company, thorough explanation of the manufacture and details of the engines and parts (with illustrations), a list of locations using their equipment, and an account regarding the use of an American La France pump in Alaska.
Date: 1923
Creator: American LaFrance Fire Engine Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Sam Myres' Hella Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the Hella Temple in Dallas, Texas. The center of the card has a stamp with the Hella Temple seal, which has an image of a pyramid inside a circle.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Hella Temple (Dallas, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Arthur A. Everts Co. to Miss Lorraine Conner, May 23, 1921]

Description: Letter from the Arthur A. Everts Co. jewelers to Miss Lorraine Conner, congratulating her on her coming graduation and stating they are enclosing a Scarab beetle bracelet from Egypt. Along with a small card about the bracelet's origin and meaning, the letter is enclosed in an envelope addressed to Miss Conner.
Date: May 23, 1921
Creator: Arthur A. Everts Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

Motormeter-Anchor.

Description: Patent for a new Motormeter-Anchor: a device that will "provide a means whereby a motormeter can be anchored securely to the radiator of an automobile, thus making theft of same impossible, or difficult that it will not be attempted" (lines 8-12).
Date: September 20, 1921
Creator: Ashton, William James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blow-Out Boot

Description: Patent for a blow-out boot which would prevent the usual particulate from being able to enter the inner tire after a blow-out.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Barnes, John A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Cultivator.

Description: Patent for an improved cultivator used for tillage when the plows are not in the ground. The cultivator can also lighten the heaviness felt by the operator while the plow is being used.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Barnett, James Samuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fountain Brush.

Description: Patent for the improvement of fountain brushes. The brush would be in the shape of a pencil which would stop ink or dye from spreading on fabric.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Bates, William P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Man Beside Train Engine #641]

Description: Photograph of Bill Bray, a T&P fireman, later an engineer, standing beside the wheels of train engine #641 on railroad tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "East Dallas, Texas Yard 1929 Bill Bray - T&P Fireman (Later Engineer)."
Date: 1929
Creator: Bray, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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