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[Letter from W. R. White to T. N. Carswell - January 30, 1948]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from W. R. White, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Austin 21, Texas dated January 30, 1948. White expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell concerning his new relationship with Baylor University. "I trust that I may render the greatest service of my life through this new position".
Date: January 30, 1948
Creator: White, W. R.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Wood and corrugated metal building]

Description: People stand in front of a wood and corrugated metal building at a housing project. There is debris scattered on the dirt ground around them.
Date: January 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Congress Avenue]

Description: Photograph of Congress Avenue looking north. Cabaniss Hardware and Dewey Garage are visible at right, as well as cars and some advertisements painted on the buildings. The Capitol is visible in the distance. Streetcar rails are in the center of the road.
Date: January 26, 1920
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

McCallum Drive Looking North

Description: Photograph of McCallum Drive facing north. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and a car is parked on the right side of the street.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Selective Service System Travel Order for T. N. Carswell - January 1, 1944]

Description: A travel order for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, Abilene, Texas from the State Headquarters, State of Texas, Selective Service System (Austin, Texas). The travel order is dated January 1, 1944. Duration of travel is from January 1, 1944 to June 30, 1944. Issued and signed by H. J. Weiler, Lt. Colonel, QMC, State Procurement Officer. D. S. S. Form No. 251. The second page is a duplicate copy signed by H. J. Weiler, Lt. Colonel, QMC, State Procurement Officer.
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: Weiler, H. J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Vehicle Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a brace consisting of two rings secured together, and having recesses in their meeting sides, and provided with a number of brace-rods passing to one or two rings secured upon the hub of a vehicle-wheel, the spokes fitting in the recesses in the meeting sides of the rings" (lines 19-27).
Date: January 15, 1884
Creator: Stein, Philip Harris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Three Wheeled Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).
Date: January 4, 1881
Creator: Humbert, Prosper
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to an improvement in . . . the construction of the mold-board and to the arrangement thereof relative to the plowshare. The mold-board, instead of being curved or concave, as has usually been the case, is . . . made perfectly flat, and so constructed that it projects at one corner slightly beyond the upper edge of the plowshare. . . . [C]onsequently the plow can be moved through the soil with less difficulty" (lines 13-25).
Date: January 10, 1882
Creator: Domschke, Charles.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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