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Saw-Filing Machine

Description: Patent for a Saw-Filing Machine. "This invention relates to saw-filing machines; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character which is adapted to sharpen with accuracy and rapidity the teeth of different kinds of saws." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Smith, John D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

BLIND-STOP

Description: Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date: August 18, 1903
Creator: Koenig, Charles Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

CAR-COUPLING

Description: Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

PRINTER'S QUOIN

Description: Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Decker, William Scott
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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[News Clip: Electrical hazard]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 26, 1981, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Apparatus for Oiling Railway-Tracks.

Description: Patent for improvements in mechanism for “applying oil to curves and switches of street railway tracks” (lines 6-7) by using an “oil-tank [that] is arranged in the upper position of the hood or shield over the car-wheel. The valve is in the bottom of the oil-space and may be controlled by a lever arranged to turn or lift in the valve, and under the valve is arranged the oiling-wheel, which runs lightly on the track or face of the car-wheel and applied the oil." (Page 2, lines 69-76) Includes il… more
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Ennis, Thomas L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Norma Garcia, Blacksmith]

Description: Color photograph of a woman identified as Norma Garcia, a blacksmith, who is a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is showing a young boy how to do metalwork with an open fire.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Catherine Wood, Cobbler

Description: Black and white photograph of Catherine Wood, a cobbler and leather worker, constructing a sandal with the sole facing up. She is giving a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A collection of leather purses hang from a rack to the left of her. Essential materials for her work are found on the table before her.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Robert Janusz, Cobbler]

Description: Black and white photograph of Robert Janusz, a cobbler, who is constructing leather sandals at a table covered in leather pieces, soles, and a hammer. He is giving a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Basil Garcia, Blacksmith]

Description: Black and white photograph of a man doing metalwork using a hammerand an anvil. He is identified as Basil Garcia, a blacksmith; he is giving a live demonstration of his skill at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. To his right is an open fire atop a table pit.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, working on a small piece of leather with a few tools at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table. A larger piece of leather is hanging on the chain link fence behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Tightening a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy tightening a railroad spike that has been driven into the wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him to hold the end of the long-handled wrench that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Driving a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy driving a railroad spike into the track's wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him with the hammer that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Stretching Hides]

Description: Color photograph of a man identified as Max "Trapper Max" Deike, seated amongst bales of hay at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is stretching hides using wooden boards and a metal tool. A few hides hang behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, puncturing a small piece of leather with a few tools. He has his own table in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Learning Leather Tooling]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy learning how to tool leather at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is steadying a nail in a thick, triangular piece of leather; his other hand has some sort of cylindrical tool to drive the nail in. A man in a cowboy hat sits next to him, watching him work; he is identified as a saddler named Gary Dunshee. A wooden block that holds more tools is partially visible on the right.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Using a Sugar Cane Mill]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy standing before a sugar cane mill, inserting a sugar cane into the opening at its front. The mill is made of metal and has wooden supports. A sign attached to the wood reads, "Sugar Cane, Courtesy of Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc." Directly behind the mill is a large pile of sugar cane stalks. Behind the pile of stalks is a white horse. A large tree limb visible just behind the top part of the mill spans the width of the photograph. The mill is a special a… more
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Matt Pantalion at Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of Matt Pantalion, from Nacodoches, next to the grist mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is kneeling on the ground next to it with one hand on the funnel where the grain is poured in. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, glasses, a white moustache, a button-up shirt, and jeans.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Bullock Welding]

Description: Photograph of a John Bullock, from Terlingua, making a steel sculpture at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is using a blowtorch on a piece of metal held in a vice. He is shirtless, but wearing protective gloves, an apron, and goggles on his forehead. Hammers and other tools are visible on the work surface in front of him.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Treadle Lathe Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Chester Knight, from Conroe, demonstrating a treadle lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival. The piece of wood to be carved is fixed upon a rotating axle, powered by a foot pedal. Knight is sitting at the lathe, holding a carving tool against the rotating piece to shape it. He has gray hair, dark eyebrows and glasses. He is wearing a blue shirt and brown plaid pants. Some festival visitors have gathered around to watch him work.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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