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Dress

Description: Dress of black silk matelassé. A) Fitted bodice of black silk matelassé with vestee of cream silk with lace appliqué trimmed in black and ivory braid in an Art Nouveau motif. High standing collar of lace appliqué matching vestee. Black velvet revers and trim at collar. Long sleeves with rolled back cuffs. Hook & eye closure at left of vestee. Vestee is lined in white polished cotton. Bodice is boned and lined in black polished cotton with center front hook & eye closure; 24" waist. B) Bustle-… more
Date: 1897
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Horsedrawn Fire Engine]

Description: Photograph of three men behind the reigns of a horse-drawn buggy with a water engine at the rear, and a young boy in overalls standing nearby. John Clark sits on the left, notable for his figure immortalized on the Firemen's Monument in Fair Park. At the center is Dutch Herman, a civilian, and on the right is Al Kaufman. The boy in overalls is known as W. J. "Bill" Cox.
Date: 1897
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Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

Sanger Brothers

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name in lithographic print by Dallas Lith. Co. Letterhead contains the names J. Sanger; P. Sanger; A. Sanger.
Date: 1897
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Pearce, William J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine.

Description: Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1897
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
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Whip-Holder.

Description: Patent for a whip holder that locks the end of the whip into the holder, and lap-robes and other similar articles can also be held in the invention so they cannot be stolen.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Reeves, Fountain O.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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