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[A family at the Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of Abelino Lopez (right) who has come to the Texas State Fair for more than twenty years with his family. The Texas State Fair, the largest of its type in the United States, runs during the month of October in Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man holding french fries]

Description: Photograph of Abelino Lopez who has come to the Texas State Fair for more than twenty years with his family. The Texas State Fair, the largest of its type in the United States, runs during the month of October in Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy eating fried food]

Description: Twelve year old Pedro Nuñez Rivera came from California with his parents and brothers to visit the Texas State Fair. The Texas State Fair, the largest of its type in the United States, runs during the month of October in Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fair ride operator]

Description: Photograph of Mariano Silva, one of the many Hispanics that benefit from working as a ride operator during the Texas State Fair. The Texas State Fair, the largest of its type in the United States, runs during the month of October in Dallas, Texas.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Sunbeam" train leaving Dallas]

Description: In an era of rapid transit in Texas the Southern Pacific's advertisements cited the "Sunbeam" trains - modern streamliners - as the apex in luxury and speed between Dallas and Houston - an elapsed time of four hours and twenty-five minutes. This view portrays the "Sunbeam" train No. 14 southbound headed by Engine No. 651 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - rolling out of Dallas Union Station, enroute to Houston on the afternoon of October 5, 1952.
Date: October 5, 1952
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Santa Fe train pulls into Dallas]

Description: AT&SF 2000HP E3A No. 12 and a 2000HP booster unit provide more than ample power to get its three-car train from Dallas to Paris. The train is passing the Cadiz Street roundhouse in south Dallas on October 7, 1952.
Date: October 7, 1952
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Campus from the West]

Description: Photograph of the entire campus of Eastfield College. It show lots of sky and lots of the property. The photograph was taken from the West and is dated October, 1971.
Date: October 1971
Partner: Dallas County Community College District

Sky Diver - an amusement ride

Description: Image taken at the State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, of people standing in line to ride the Sky Diver - an amusement ride. A portion of the front facade of the Cotton Bowl stadium is visible in the background. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Amusement rides

Description: Photograph of people at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, standing next to the chain link fences that surround the rides and also on various amusement rides behind them. A portion of the Cotton Bowl stadium is visible in the background. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at amusement park

Description: Photograph of people at the State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. In the foreground, a boy is eating cotton candy, and in the background a Ferris wheel and a portion of the Cotton Bowl stadium are visible.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at amusement park

Description: Photograph of people walking at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. In the background there are four aerial cable cars, a Ferris wheel, and the Cotton Bowl stadium.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at amusement park

Description: Photograph of people walking the grounds at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. An ice cream stand is visible in the foreground; a Ferris whee and a portion of the Cotton Bowl are visible in the background.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at amusement park

Description: Photograph of people at the State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. There are several types of amusement rides visible in the background, including an aerial cable car.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Feria Estatal

Description: A brief article and captions to the four photographs of the Texas State Fair. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Krieg, Christian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cuff-Holder.

Description: Patent for an improved cuff-holder that is simple and inexpensive, and is "adapted to serve as a sleeve button and a cuff support, and capable of read adjustment to enable the wearer to arrange his cuffs as desired, and to show them beyond the coat sleeve to a greater or less extent" (lines 12-16).
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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