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Alabama.

Map shows late nineteenth century Alabama railroads, counties, cities, towns, and rivers. Scale [ca. 1:1,990,000].

Date: [1883..1889]

Creator: Folger, L. B. (Lewis B.)

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.

Date: 1887/1963

Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Revolving Signal.

Patent for a new and improved revolving signal-light: "[t]he combination, with a car-axle and a shaft driven thereby, of the lateral supporting stems carrying signaling-lanterns glazed in alternating colors, a shifting-lever acting alternately upon studs or stops of the said shaft, said shaft having a sliding movement, and gearing alternately with said signal-carrying stems" (lines 82-89).

Date: August 20, 1889

Creator: Warren, John W. & Radford, Samuel H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Box for Meat and Oil Presses

Patent for box for meat and oil presses. This box prevents meat from adhering to the box by using a lining, preferably sheet metal (p. 2). This keeps the box from breaking.

Date: May 26, 1885

Creator: Culberston, John J.; O'Connell, John C. & Gaston, Bernard