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[American Shorthorn Breeders' Association Registry Certificate, December 13, 1917]

This is a certificate from the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. The registry form has not been completely filled out.

Date: December 13, 1917

Creator: American Shorthorn Breeders' Association

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, October 28, 1917]

Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.

Date: October 28, 1917

Creator: Lucas, E.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Golden Wedding Anniversary of Jens and Anna Marie Smith]

Copy negative of a black and white photograph of an elderly couple and their grown children posed for a picture on their golden wedding anniversary. Anna Marie Nielsen Smith and Jens A. Smith, the wife and husband being celebrated, are seated in chairs next to each other on the lawn of their home. Behind them are their three sons and two daughters, who are identified from left to right as: William, Kristine, Andrew, Caroline, Maria, and Marius. The porch of their house is visible behind them… more

Date: 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Marriage certificate for John Jerome Rogers and Julia Ann Pratt. July 3, 1...]

Marriage certificate for John Jerome Rogers and Julia Ann Pratt. July 3, 1917 in the state of Illinois. (#3 of 4 documents that were bound together)

Date: July 3, 1917

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Writing-Machine.

Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).

Date: April 24, 1917

Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keyboard for Writing Machines.

Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.

Date: April 17, 1917