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Houston, Texas. (Looking South), 1891
Hand-colored chromolithograph print of a bird'e eye-view of Houston, Texas. It has insets of various public and private buildings and directories of public buildings, hotels, railroads, manufactories and churches listed at the bottom of the page.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life of General Houston, 1793-1863
Biography of Sam Houston.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Bruce, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed Bottom.
Patent for a new and improved box-spring. This design consists in "[a] main frame having slats and springs and a metallic frame encircling said springs, in combination with the curved brace-springs having the coils and loops pressing on top of the slats, said springs being secured to the slats and metallic frame, and the rods secured to said frame and passing through the ends of the slats" (lines 76-83).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Houston, Leonard B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Blocks Number 8, 9, and 10 Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company Surveys in Pecos County, Texas owned by William Walter Phelps
Cadastral map of a section of Pecos County, Texas in the Big Bend Country region, from surveys done by the Houston & Great Northern Rail Road Company. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).
Date:
1891
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1891 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1891 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Holder of Package.
Patent for improvements in coin holders or packages by using three metallic strips, A, B, and C; the end of strips A and B are bent at right angles to the body portions of coins of a particular denomination. Strip C is “pivoted at its ends to the ends of the strips A and B at their point of attachment and adapted to be turned upon its pivots, so as to embrace the edges of the coins contained in the holder.” (Lines 85-89) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Heim, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Daughters of the Republic of Texas" ribbon]
Ribbon. "Member's badge Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Organized at Houston, Texas, Nov. 6, 1891" Old Object Term: Commemorative pin
Date:
November 6, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beige silk ribbon with red writing]
Beige silk ribbon with red writing that states: "MEMBERS' BADGE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC (SEAL OF TEXAS IN CENTER) OF TEXAS. ORGANIZED AT HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOV. 6, 1891." Old Object Term: Commemorative ribbon
Date:
November 6, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator for cotton and or corn.
Date:
January 6, 1891
Creator:
Neitsch, Fred T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle.
Patent for improvement in axles by using a “combination of a bar, two skeins and means for holding the skeins in place upon the bar,” (lines 17-18) includes illustration.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Stewart, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for improvements in hay-presses by using the combination of a ram having a connecting rod, a rack engaged with a rotatable cog-wheel, a bed-plate, a weighted lever, a buffer and other minor parts to create the pressing operation. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 19, 1891
Creator:
Grant, Richard A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Delivery Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in mail and parcel delivery apparatus: "is designed particularly for use at suburban residences, or where the distance from the house to the street is considerable" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Gieseke, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soap-Making Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in soap-making apparatus by using the “same frames to mix the ingredients and in cooling the prepared mass, thus obviating the necessity of the removal of the mixed mass from the mixing-frame to a cooling-frame.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Grant, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence or Gate.
Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date:
January 20, 1891
Creator:
Friday, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tremont House
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with the name A. Sens, Prop'r.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1891-1892
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "1891-92."
Date:
1891/1892
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R. H. Read, General Factory Agent
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration, decorative designs and business name, with text reading: "The Following Makes of Pianos and Organs. Sold on Terms to Suit the Purchaser."; "Hallett & Davis, Wegman & Co., Kronich & Bach, Schubert, Hayden, C. A. Smith & Co. and the Celebrated Chicago Cottage Organ."
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $23.00 for pipe and other items, October 13, 1891]
Receipt for $23.00 for pipe and other items paid to Morgan & Co., plumbers, purchased by L. Huth & Son. Dated October 13, 1891.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
Morgan & Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convict Labor vs. Honest Labor.
Circular formatted as a letter to state legislator from Harris County constituents, calling for state-level legislation to quit employing prisoners within Texas.
Date:
1891-07-15~
Creator:
Smith, D. C.; Charlton, James; Ashe, S. S.; Hamilton, H.; Campbell, E. A.; Harris, Jonathan et al.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Refining Cotton Seed Oil.
Patent for improving the refining and purifying cotton-seed oil through a series of refining tanks. A quantity of crude cotton-seed oil is first run into the refining tanks and the oil is heated and thoroughly agitated by means of rotary blades. After a period of settling, the oil is drawn through a purifying tank.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Grant. W. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Spacer.
Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Totty, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $60.80 for a cement walkway, March 2, 1891]
Receipt for $60.80 for a cement walkway purchased by Mr. L. Huth, Sr. from G. G. Braden. Signed G. G. Braden on March 2, 1891 in San Antonio and marked as paid in full.
Date:
March 2, 1891
Creator:
Braden, G. G.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 217, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 1891
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History