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[Water Vendors]

Description: Three water vendor carts in front of what appears to be a water tank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores. Correspondence reads, "At Laredo, Going over into Mexico this afternoon, so if I fail to send you a card, the Insurrectos have got me." This card was written and mailed to Miss Mollie Chaney in Longview, Texas on February 13, 1913 in Laredo, Texas.
Date: February 13, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Postcard of Five Fire Fighters]

Description: Postcard of five fire fighters in a group photo, two are standing, the other three are sitting in chairs. On the right, a door is open, with a visible staircase inside. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Card received yesterday, many thanks. Still plenty of snow and cold. Day off tomorrow, better make the rounds with me. This is a view of everyone at No. 3 taken in first of quarters. Left to right [...], still having a few small ones."
Date: February 13, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Rose Framed Prose]

Description: Postcard of rose flowers drawn to frame a message that reads, "Out of a heart that's filled with..delight..In knowing the world is...treating you right. I offer you this as a Valentine...smile..With a little red...heart filled. with love.. worth while." The message on the back reads, "All well + send bushels of love. Pa and Mother Smith." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Gunston Hall Washington D. C."
Date: February 13, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Windmill and Engine Coupling.

Description: Patent for a windmill and engine coupling that connects the piston or plunger of a pump to a windmill, engine, or similar motor. The coupling aims to improve the construction of couplings to increase the ease of operation of such motors.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Sheen, Davis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Socket.

Description: Patent for an electric lamp socket that regulates the intensity of the current passing through the socket. It has multiple contact posts and a manually operated slide that makes contact with the posts.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Hall, James Monroe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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