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[Letter from John Click to Patent Attorneys]

Description: Letter from John J. Click to patent attorneys in Washington D.C. describing an invention for a windmill with a pump that he wants to submit for patent. He describes the specifications for the design and the models that he is sending with the text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Click, John J.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

[Removed Equipment Outside the Dr. Pepper Museum]

Description: Photograph of a large piece of equipment removed during renovation at the Dr. Pepper Museum in 1989, lowered into the courtyard by a crane visible directly behind it. The equipment is encased in metal, with a ladder on the side and a series of valves and pipes visible at the top. A truck is partially visible in the front of the image, and one side of the factory building is visible in the background.
Date: March 1989
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

Wild Well Control

Description: Patent for a device to help get oil or gas wells back under control from a distance if they have developed excessive gas pressure which may cause fluid to blow out of the well or fires.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: Whitwam, Wallace W.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Bug Blitz]

Description: Magazine clipping discusses a new chemical called DDT that controls malaria and typhus outbreaks. The pages also contain portions of other articles, and there are handwritten notes highlighting parts of the main article, including the names of the various chemical companies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Beverly
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Average Head - Capacity Curve: Hale Universal Pumper

Description: Detailed intersecting line-graph that shows a motor’s revolution per minute (R.P.M) and the head capacity of a generator. The left side of the graph shows the “Pressure in Pounds per Square Inch” starting at 80 and increases by 20 until 280. On the right side of the graph portrays the Motor and Pump R.P.M starting at 2000 and increasing by 100 until 3400.
Date: June 21, 1937
Creator: Hale Fire Pump Co., Inc.
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Second Well at Oklahoma City Controlled By Special Die Nipple]

Description: Journal page with portions of several articles, primarily describing the explosive oil well near the Northwest corner of Oklahoma City and the construction of a special metal collar that was used to safely control the oil well. Most of the article is centered around the construction of this metal collar and its effectiveness compared to an earlier oil well disaster.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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