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[Letter to B. F. Terry, August 30, 1909]

Description: Letter to B. F. Terry discussing an investment in a railroad in Terry's region of the state, as it is expected to be densely populated. The railroad is supposed to be continued into central Texas. The writer asks the distance from Rising Star to Bald Eagle Mountain, as well as to Dublin and to Comanche. The writer asks for a sketch of the possible routes and the distance. The following week engineers are to be expected in the region to find the most practical route.
Date: August 30, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Postcard from Leda Bahl to Mayme Collins, March 8, 1909]

Description: Postcard from Leda Bahl to Mayme Collins in Waco, Texas with a tinted photograph of Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas; the photograph shows four boats tied next to one another across the bayou. There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "Dear Mayme, arrived all [] and having a fine time just got home been seeing the drill it was just fine..."
Date: March 8, 1909
Creator: Bahl, Leda
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard Addressed to Mamie Collins, April 21, 1909]

Description: Postcard showing the "Live Stock Exchange" building in Fort Worth, Texas; off to the left is a building with "Armour & Company" written on the side. The note on the photo says: "I have had a good time fishing since I [] up here." On the reverse side there is a not that reads: "Dear little Mayme, Howdy-do, how is [] and Kay, is she true to cotton? We see you in three days."
Date: April 21, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 32.788874 -97.347127
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Country Club in Waco, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of a country club in Waco, Texas. The location of the club is a two story a large open deck area on both floors. There are two white columns on either side of the steps leading up the house. To the left of the image and behind the house a thick wooded area of trees is visible. A river flows on the right side of the image. Handwritten text on the back identifies this as the Brazos River.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Austin Avenue Looking West]

Description: Postcard of Austin Avenue, looking West, in Waco, Texas. Text in the bottom right corner of the card's front reads "hand-colored." A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Stopped at Waco over night enroute here and just had time after getting up to get some cards and catch an eleven oclock train. M." The card is addressed to Mary Euglehart of South Bend, Indiana.
Date: June 21, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Suspension Bridge]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a suspension bridge over the Brazos River and the toll house covered in ivy (right) in Waco; in the foreground there is grass, bushes, and trees and there are two people sitting in the background on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Suspension Bridge, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: March 19, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Jar.

Description: Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley-Pole.

Description: Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner

Description: Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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