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Amusement Apparatus

Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous in… more

Date: July 31, 1917

Creator: Andrews, J.W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of King and Turney Family Members Swimming]

Photograph of five members of the Turney-King family including Dorothy King, Lee Turney (second left), and Nelle King Turney (second right); all of the members are wearing swimming suits in the picture.

Date: 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of Nelle Turney and Another Woman Diving]

Photograph of Nelle Turney and another woman preparing to dive into a swimming pool from a large wooden beam.

Date: 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Sulphur Falls]

Postcard of Suphur Falls in Glen Rose, Texas. The image is a photograph of four people in a pool surrounded by a fence. There is a building in the background on the left side of the image. The correspondence on the back is addressed to "Mrs. [C.]M. Backloupe" and speaks about future travel plans and the mosquitos in the area.

Date: August 16, 1917

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Texas Medical Association