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Blue Mountain

Description: This photograph shows a mountain in the distance. In the foreground, there appears to be the edge of an unpaved road and telephone wires up above. Between the road and the mountain, there is a flat area covered in desert scrub. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Blue Mountain west of Ft. Davis Tex. June 1929 by H. A. King."
Date: June 1929
Creator: King, H. A.
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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[News Clip: Plumber is killed in freak accident]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth plumber, Joe Fry, being electrocuted to death while on the job.
Date: June 2, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Plane crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a plane crash after a small crop dusting plane strikes a power line in Dallas. The pilot, an off-duty U.S. Air Force airman, only suffered minor injuries.
Date: June 11, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: The week in review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story recapping the week's major Texas news stories.
Date: June 15, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient wire stretcher that aids in fence-building, tightening loose wires, cutting wires, and tying broken wires. The stretcher is similar in appearance to a wrench that can be taken apart in order to properly utilize the tool.
Date: June 13, 1893
Creator: McKinney, John Wilson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insulator.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable insulator meant for protecting wires for telephones and telegraphs. The insulator has two sections with recesses and locking apertures.
Date: June 18, 1895
Creator: Patterson, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers

Description: Patent for a bale tying mechanism for balers. This invention is "a tying mechanism to unite the ends of a tie or wire after said wire has been passed around the bale" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heater

Description: Patent for a new and useful heater design "particularly for heating the water in the circulating system of internal combustion engines, such as are used in automobiles" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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