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[Charlyne Creger in RV]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger sitting in the front seat of an RV holding a fly swatter and wearing a hat covered in pins with a miniature confederate flag on it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[News Clip: Dallas gift show not all cuckoo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Allied Gift and Jewelry Show held at the Adolphus hotel in downtown Dallas.

Date: September 7, 1954

Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.

Date: April 9, 1918

Creator: Pewther, Judson C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Killing Device.

Patent for an improved fly swatter specifically for killing flies in harder to reach places, such as a wall or ceiling, and is "simple and inexpensive in construction" (lines 12-13).

Date: May 18, 1920

Creator: Hannon, George M.