Object: Oil Sales Kit
...releasing 100,000 barrels a day erupted from a drill site. Texas oil boomed and the surrounding country grew overnight as workers came to gain their share in the discovery. It...
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Scottish tartan from the MacLean Clan
...The naming of tartan patterns began after 1765 when the firm William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn began producing and collecting tartan patterns. By 1815 100 tartans had been named...
Singer Treadle Style Sewing Machine
...with the sewing machine for more than 100 years and manufactured the machine at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. The first Singer was produced in 1851, in a New...
Object: Cup (HemisFair ’68 souvenir cup)
...as the Crystal Palace Exhibition, and was held in London’s Hyde Park. Since that time there have been over 100 other world’s fairs held in 20 different countries around the...
Index Typewriter
Today, with the emergence of new digital technology, older technology also known as low tech is slowly on the outs. The typewriter is turning into an obsolete machine, much like...
Travis Club Cigar Box
This cigar box in the Institute of Texan Cultures collections was for a private blend of cigars, made especially for the exclusive Travis Club in San Antonio. They were produced...