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Ice-Machine

Description: Patent for an ice machine particularly designed for people who are unable to obtain ice from regular manufacturers. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: McCall, Jacob C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design consists "[i]n a refrigerating apparatus, the combination of a trap cylinder communicating with a horizontal cylinder which unites two vertical piston-cylinders, said piston-cylinders having suction and compression valves arranged at their upper ends in a cap having separate communications with suction pipes with compression-pipes communicating with said trap-cylinder" (lines 44-52).
Date: May 12, 1885
Creator: Conacher, Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerating Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "relates to that class of refrigerating or ice-making machinery wherein a liquefiable gas . . . is introduced into a compression-pump and is compressed to a state of liquefaction, the pressure being subsequently removed, the liquefied refrigerating agent expands with rapidity . . . and, the frigorific' effects produced by the volatile liquid again assuming its gaseous state, is utilized for absorption of heat; and the invention consists in… more
Date: March 16, 1886
Creator: Schuhle, Jacob
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pump for refrigerators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder, having inlet at or near its lower end, a downward-closing valve at its upper end, an open-ended piston having internal ribs or projections, annular valve-seat around its upper open end, and a centrally-apertured bottom plate, of the valve having vertical movement within the piston and closing upwardly against the valve-seat, said valve being formed of the two sections . . . havin… more
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Farnsworth, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerator

Description: Patent for a refrigerator. This design is for use with blocks of ice. Illustrations included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Mitchel, Elias Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Interior of Ice Cream Shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior of an ice cream shoppe in Wilson County, Texas. Several boys drink milkshakes at the counter across from a waitress, and there are heart shaped boxes to the left. A man stands by a cash register behind the counter to the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[A blonde women adjusts Mike Modanos hair on the set of a photo shoot]

Description: Photograph of Mike Modano at a photo shoot having his hair adjusted by a blonde woman holding a bottle of hairspray. The photo shows the set of the shoot including lighting, props such as skates and a helmet, and another assistant with her back to the camera. Mike Modano played for the Dallas Stars for 17 years with his NHL career ending in 2011.
Date: [1996..2010]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.

Description: Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Drake, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[A Woman at Swift's Ice Cream]

Description: Copy negative of a woman standing behind a counter at Swift's Ice Cream, leaning on the back counter and holding a drink. On the wall behind her are some shelves of glasses, and chairs line the counter. There are other people visible in the mirror behind her.
Date: unknown
Partner: Southwestern University

[Exterior of Banner's Ice Cream Company]

Description: Copy slide of the Banner Ice Cream Company one story brick building on South 14th and Butternut Street. Several early style vehicles are parked outside the building. There is a sign displayed on top of the building with the text "Banner Ice Milk Ice Cream".
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library

Steam-Condenser.

Description: Patent for a steam condenser, which performs the function of a re-boiler to remove harmful gases from water during the process of making ice.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Pendleton, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Working Hydrated Volatile Refrigerating Agents, and Apparatus for Ice Making and Refrigeration.

Description: Patent for a new method of working hydrated volatile refrigerating agents and a new refrigerator. This design "involve[s] the use of such highly volatile matters as are capable of hydration — as, for instance, ammonia, that being the refrigerating agent preferable to all others . . . [and] is a simplification in the mode of operation, and in apparatus which enables the employment of comparatively unskilled labor, the production of apparatus at comparatively low cost, and the working of the ammo… more
Date: August 2, 1881
Creator: Rose, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Ice Skating]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 22, 1977
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ice Wedding]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 24, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Freeze Branding

Description: Photograph of Mike Moore, wearing a cowboy hat and eyeglasses, kneeling before a square metal pail and styrofoam ice chest. He is dropping a piece of dry ice into the metal pail which holds branding irons.
Date: unknown
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[News Script: Vending ordinance]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an ordinance regarding the sale of ice cream near public schools.
Date: December 3, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[True Magazine Petty Girl Illustration]

Description: Page from True Magazine featuring an illustration of a Petty Girl followed by a reproduction of an Audubon bird print [Osprey/ Fish Hawk, plate 81]. Pin-ups by artist George Petty or "Petty Girls" first made their appearance in 1933 and into the 1950s set the standard for American female beauty. The hallmarks of Petty pin-ups are elongated limbs most noted in the legs, a flirtatious smile, and telephones.
Date: 1947
Creator: Petty, George & Audubon, John Jay
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kid at Galleria Skate Area, 1994]

Description: Photograph of a ghostly, transparent young boy leaning against a staircase in the Galleria Mall. He stands at the top of a descending staircase which appears between two short ascending staircases. He wears ice-skates and looks towards the camera. There are palm trees at the top of the stairs. [1994, Dallas, TX]
Date: 1994
Creator: Doherty, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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