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Jas. H. Parks

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized business name with text reading: "Surveyor, Land Agent and Civil Engineer"; "County Surveyor. Notary Public."
Date: 1889
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Jas. H. Parks

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized business name with text reading: "Surveyor, Real Estate Agent and Civil Engineer. Notary Public. Pan Handle of Texas"; "Specialties, Ranch, County and Town Maps. Abstracts Made. Taxes Paid"; "Lands Bought or Sold"; "Surveys Made Officially," in lithographic print by Texas Pts. & Lith. Co. Fort Worth.
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Morgan Bros.

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes stylized text with business name, and text reading: "Dealers in All Kinds of Furniture. Carpets, Wall Paper, Shades, Curtains, Etc. Sewing Machines and Attachments. A Full Line of Coffins Always on Hand." Letterhead contains the names R. A. Morgan; G. F. Morgan.
Date: 1890
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Clinometer or Slope Measurer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved clinometer. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for taking measurements in prismoidal formula and to avoid the calculation of the triangle and enable the slope to be readily written from the instrument" (lines 16-21). It "compris[es] the square composed of the stationary short bar or arm and the stationary long bar or arm rigidly secured to one side of the short arm or bar and provided on its face with a spirit-level and having a scale of gra… more
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Parks, James Harvey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Heater.

Description: Patent for improvements in tire-heater by using a tire box with a number of horizontal bars, tires are placed “into the front of the box and moved into correct position upon the horizontal bars without necessarily lifting the tires.” (Lines 29-32) Diverging arms are secured to the axis inside the tire box. Lamps are secured at the outer ends of the diverging arms. These diverging arms operate by a regulating crank which makes the lamps revolved beneath the tires, therefore heating the tires… more
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Parks, James H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hotel Borchers

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "European Plan."
Date: 1895
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for "car-replacers or wrecking-frogs employed for guiding the wheels of a derailed car or locomotive to the rails." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Hawkins, Robert B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Balanced-Valve Testing and Locking Device.

Description: Patent for "a simple testing and locking device for balanced valves of locomotives, the testing device being so placed with relation to the valve that it may be accurately determined whether the valve on one or the other side of the engine is leaking without removing the outer plates form the valve-casing or removing the covers from the steam-chest." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Sadler, James Alexander
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Catalogue

Description: Catalog containing a school calendar, rules and regulations, curriculum, administration, faculty and list of students for the primary college-level school.
Date: 1900
Creator: Clarendon College and University Training School
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Cattle-Holder.

Description: Patent for a cattle-holder, which provides the "novel means for confining cattle and holding them in an upright position against movement" (Lines 14-16).
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Terrell, Joseph E.; Terrell, William. & Montgomery, Franklin M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks

Description: Patent for Valve or Cut-off for Tanks. Improved valve or cut-off for tanks especially discharge valves. Few parts, easy to assemble, easy to operate, intended for extended use.
Date: July 2, 1903
Creator: Leithauser, Peter Jerome; Leithauser, Peter J. & Leithauser, P. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for a pump for the purpose to pump out rising water in deep wells. Illustrations included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Leithauser, Peter Jerome
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Clarendon College building]

Description: Photograph of the main building of Clarendon College in Clarendon, Texas. The three-story building is constructed of brick, with a shingled roof. On each side of the main part of the building are two square towers. The mansard roof of the main building includes dormer windows and at the top of the towers there are small gabled dormer openings. The tower closest to the viewer has round windows on the third floor and one of them appears to be open or missing. There are three children sitting on t… more
Date: 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Panhandle Literary Society, Clarendon College]

Description: Photograph of members of the Panhandle Literary Society of Clarendon College. The male students, in a range of ages, and professors, are posed in rows. They are formally dressed and each has a ribbon attached to his jacket lapel. Individuals appearing in the image are: Front row, l-r, Jerry Fagan, Elmer Smith, Erchal Lacy, Bob Glenn; second row, Louis Hardy, Clayton Lacy, unidentified, Luther Gribble, Tom Hastings, Tarlton Brock, Paul Sarvis; third row, Herbert Hilburn, Hugh Arnold, Coopwood… more
Date: 1906~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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