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World War I Scenes

Description: Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of the Port of Ferriere in Martigues with the canal and boats on the right, and a road and buildings on the left. The bottom picture is of the ruins of a structure in a field after the Battle of the Ourcq, part of the First Battle of the Marne.
Date: 1914~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Ruth Roach with Mabel Hamilton, 1914

Description: Photograph of a boat, the Princess Mary, with what appears to be rodeo performers riding on the top deck with a U.S. Flag and a Union Jack. Ruth Roach is standing beside her friend, Mabel Hamilton, in the very center of the photograph. A notation on the back of the photo indicates that they are on the River Thames, on Ascot Sunday.
Date: 1914
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Life-Saving Raft.

Description: Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Comer, Samuel A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Propeller.

Description: Patent for improvements for a propeller that can be attached to a boat, and do everything it can to work the way a fish's tail does.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Stribling, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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