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Box 01

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Vetabelle Phillips Carter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-068
Content Description

Papers related to Vetabelle Carter's inventions, particularly a traffic light.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1911-1930

Vetabelle Phillips Carter papers, bulk: 1911-1930

 Series — Box: 01
Identifier: MSS068:01
Scope and Contents

Letters, plans, legal documents, and other materials related to Vetabelle Carter's inventions and her teaching career.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1911-1930

Traffic signals correspondence, bulk: 1927-1930

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS068.01.02
Scope and Contents

Letters and correspondance retaled to Vetabelle's traffic signals and the impact it has made on traffic control and saftey

Dates: Majority of material found within 1927-1930

Traffic signals correspondence, bulk: 1927-1930

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS068.01.03
Scope and Contents

Letters and correspondance retaled to Vetabelle's traffic signals and the impact it has made on traffic control and saftey

Dates: Majority of material found within 1927-1930

Signal publicity, 1927

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS068.01.05
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Sunset magazine which features an article about Vetabelle and her traffic signal inventions, two copies of the California Journal of Development which talks about the Motor Vehicle Act and the impact it has on drivers. Also included is a letter from Vetabelle to her mother.

Dates: 1927

Invention diagrams, bulk: 1930-1938

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS068.01.06
Scope and Contents

Photographs and diagrams of the different inventions created by Vetabelle as well as a description of their purpose and how they function. Including her traffic signs and signals and her special comb.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930-1938

Legal correspondance, bulk: 1926-1930

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS068.01.09
Scope and Contents

Letters and corespondance between Vetabelle and various other people discussing patent information, final steps she needs to take, and the license agreement for her traffic signals and their use.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1926-1930

Patent information, 1926

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS068.01.10
Scope and Contents

Various copies of the patents for Vetabelle's different traffic signs and signals.

Dates: 1926

Traffic information, 1996

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS068.01.12
Scope and Contents

Various pamphlets, booklets, and articles talking about different traffic information, including different traffic signals and their purposes, questions about traffic saftey, different school and public saftey posters, and many other saftey information. Also included is an article talking about Vetabelle and her contributions to traffic saftey.

Dates: 1996

Traffic signals pictures, 1932

 File — Box: 01, Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS068.01.13
Scope and Contents

Photographs of different traffic signs and signals around the county, including some of Vetabelle's own inventions

Dates: 1932