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Child's dress

Description: Child's sailor dress of white jacquard cotton. Long sleeves with broderie anglaise lace at hem. Sailor collar with V-shaped yoke insert which wraps around left shoulder; standing neckline of lace matching sleeve hem and insert on sailor collar. Center front placket has left side opening with button closure (all buttons missing). Belt loops at sides (belt missing). Unlined.
Date: 1925
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Advantages of Oxide Films as Bases for Aluminum Pigmented Surface Coatings for Aluminum Alloys

Description: Report discussing both laboratory and weather-exposure corrosion tests showed conclusively that the protection afforded by aluminum pigmented spar varnish coatings applied to previously anodized aluminum surfaces was greatly superior to that afforded by the same coatings applied to surfaces which had simply been cleaned free from grease and not anodized.
Date: November 1931
Creator: Buzzard, R. W. & Mutchler, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Child's dress

Description: Baby girl's white batiste cotton dress with lace and squared drawn work at the pin tucked neckline. Matching lace and drawn work at the cuff of the short puffed sleeves. Double row of squared drawn work around hem. Center back closure of three tiny mother-of-pearl buttons and loops. Cloth tape with blue script embroidered name: "Barbara Howell", for whom it was made.
Date: 1925
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Report of the Thirty-Seventh National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1952

Description: Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: March 19, 1953
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Headband

Description: Band of silver bugle beads trimmed with two rows of rhinestones on red fabric with gold thread brocade. Hook & eye closure. Possibly made from a belt. Measures 1 1/4" x 22 1/2"
Date: 1915/1925
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Satin scarf

Description: Scarf of black (silk?) satin. Long, narrow rectangle of black satin, the two short ends with multicolored embroidery of floral and foliate forms. Each short end with long fringe of same colors as embroidery. Measurements: 252 cm. long 29 cm wide 21cm long fringe
Date: 1925/1935
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Tables of Spectral-Line Intensities: Part 2, Arranged by Wavelengths

Description: From Abstract: "Comparisons with other intensity measurements in individual spectra indicate that the National Bureau of Standards spectral-line intensities may have average errors of 20 percent, but first of all they provide uniform quantitative values for the seventy chemical elements commonly determined by spectrochemists. These data are presented by element in part I, and all 39,000 observed lines are given in order of wavelength in part II."
Date: October 2, 1961
Creator: Meggers, William F.; Corliss, Charles H. & Scribner, Bourdon F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bow tie

Description: Bow tie of silk in the bat's wing shape (pointed ends) of geometric pattern with highlights of tan diamonds. Adjustable length. Tag: "Adjustable All Silk"
Date: 1915/1925
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Neck scarf

Description: Neck scarf of light gold chiffon with "watercolor" flowers in red, purple and green. Gold silk fringe at ends measures 8" long. Measures approximately 13" x 55" excluding fringe.
Date: 1925/1935
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Envelope for Fashionable Dress Pattern Company Pattern #7525

Description: Fashionable Dress Company pattern 7525 to make a dress with princess seams, drop waist, low rounded neckline, sleeveless, and high-low pleated skirt, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1920/1925
Creator: Fashionable Dress Pattern Company
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Envelope for Fashionable Dress Pattern Company Pattern #7528

Description: Fashionable Dress Pattern Company pattern 7528 to make a dress with tiered and scalloped short skirt, sleeveless, asymmetrical neckline, and drop waist, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1920/1925
Creator: Fashionable Dress Pattern Company
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Leather clutch

Description: Envelope clutch style purse of off-white pigskin. Trim on sides of front face of fold over flap of 18 brass hooks/staples. Slip pockets on exterior front and back face lined with off-white taffeta silk. Interior section has inverted frame and brass flip clip bar closure. Lined in of off-white taffeta with one slip pocket. No labels. Stamp on inside of fold over flap reads "Made in France" Measurements: Width: 8 1/2" Height: 5 3/4" Depth: 1"
Date: 1925/1935
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1925

Description: Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1927
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1925

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1927
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Underground Limestone Mining

Description: From Introduction: "The aim of the report is to help the superintendent and the operator to adopt the safest and most efficient methods of removing rock underground."
Date: 1926
Creator: Thoenen, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1925

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1926
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Little Red Riding Hood doll]

Description: Photograph of a Little Red Riding Hood doll dressed in black shoes, socks, a dress with red flowers, and a red cape. The doll has painted yellow hair and red lips. There is a tag under the cape that reads "Genuine Madame --- Doll; Little Red Riding Hood" and has a green circle with a picture inside it at the top.
Date: July 24, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Coal-Dust Explosion Tests in the Experimental Mine, 1919 to 1924, Inclusive

Description: From Introduction and Summary: "This bulletin describes the third series of coal-dust explosion tests by the Bureau of Mines in its experimental mine and covers a period from 1919 to the end of 1924, inclusive. A few related tests made in 1925 are also included."
Date: 1927
Creator: Rice, George S.; Paul, J. W. & Greenwald, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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