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[Keno Gambling Hall, Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of men seated along a long narrow table in the middle of the room at a Keno Hall in Juarez, Mexico. Keno House Rules are visible along the top portion of the wall at left and several Keno number walls are visible at the back of the room and to the right. The back of the postcard reads, "Dear Mother. Your letter and the one from Father rec'd. All ok here and will write at once. I shall leave for Denver in about a week. Expect G. & Father Sep. 7, Yours, Walter". The postcard i… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Card Game

Description: Patent for an invention of a new card game to assist with arithmetical computations and outlines of different objects, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tug of War

Description: Copy negative of fourteen Danish children playing tug of war in a field in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County.
Date: 1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Photograph of Soldiers Playing Games Overseas]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers playing games overseas. The description on the back of the photo reads: " Sports at Oxford 1917." One soldier is reading a small book, possibly the rules of the game being played. Some of the soldier around the scene are holding sticks in their hands.
Date: 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

Round the Levee

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk songs and party games, religious beliefs of the Hasanias Indians, horse stories, and information about the history of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 108.
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, Stith
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[Cavalry Soldiers Play Leapfrog]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified cavalry soldiers standing in a yard in a semicircle watching two other men, one of whom appears to be jumping over the other in a game of leapfrog. Behind them a single-story house can be seen on the left and on the right a row of houses and telephone poles is partially visible.
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

Combination Pool and Billiard Table.

Description: Patent for a combination pool and billiard table. The table has plugs for the pockets, which can be used to convert the table from a pool to a billiard table. There is also a circular removable covering, which converts the table from a game table to an ordinary household table.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Lee, Hoard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Toy.

Description: Patent for a toy consisting of two movable figures stationed on a circular base. One figure is hinged using a cord that passes through the base and can be pulled or retracted to allow the figure to collapse and spring upright. The second figure has a spring operated arm to strike and knock down the first figure.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Fermier, Victor E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Puzzle.

Description: Patent for a word puzzle made up of a thin board with a grid of letters in which palindromic words and phrases are spelled by following lines forward and backward across the board from any point on the edge of the board to another.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Henderson, Alfred Jasper
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Puzzle.

Description: Patent for a more complex wire puzzle that can be manufactured more cheaply and efficiently than others.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Blalock, Justice Earl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Elizabeth Freeman and Chester W. Nimitz Play Cribbage]

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Freeman, sister of Catherine Freeman, and Chester W. Nimitz playing cribbage. Elizabeth sits on the left in a long white dress with dark bands around her sleeves and midriff and her hair in a braided updo. On the left sits Chester Nimitz in a dark suit. Beside them is a window with white curtains.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Game-Counter

Description: Patent for an apparatus designed to maintain a record of points earned and the number of rounds played in a game. Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: McKinney, Ansel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Game Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new game apparatus that can be playing indoors or outdoors and made in both large and small sizes "in which the elements, of chance, skill, and endurance constitute important factors in the successful playing of said game." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Schuler, Joseph & Overbeck, Harry A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Game.

Description: Patent for a four-player checker game and a hinged gameboard to play it on which provides storage for the checkers when folded.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Mason, James H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Game and Toy Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new game and toy apparatus for the purpose of throwing projectiles at targets and scoring the number of targets hit as a game or toy.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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