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Electric motor. (open access)

Electric motor.

Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clip for Type-Writers. (open access)

Clip for Type-Writers.

Patent for a clip for type-writers for Remington or similar type-writers that holds post-cards, envelopes, and similar short items in place. The invention prevents "the blurring or bad impression which is apt to be made, more particularly in machines having type bars with two types each, when the paper is not held firmly to the roller or platen" (lines 12-16).
Date: February 19, 1895
Creator: Gibson, Allen J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Dallas and Buffalo]

Map shows late nineteenth century Dallas, Texas street names, parks, railroads, street car lines, cemeteries, and some buildings. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. A. Bledsoe, December 2, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. A. Bledsoe, December 2, 1898]

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. A. Bledsoe discussing the various types of men he had in his regiment and how he only cares about the character of men and not where they come from. The letter is written on paper with a Rough Riders Association header, which lists T. A. Bledsoe as the president.
Date: December 2, 1898
Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. A. Bledsoe to Theodore Roosevelt, November 19, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from T. A. Bledsoe to Theodore Roosevelt, November 19, 1898]

Letter from T. A. Bledsoe to Theodore Roosevelt congratulating Roosevelt on his election to Governor of New York and expressing gratitude for his contributions as a member of the Rough Riders Association. The letter is co-signed by secretary Bruce E. Oliver.
Date: November 19, 1898
Creator: Bledsoe, T. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelope or Bag Machine (open access)

Envelope or Bag Machine

Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan and Motoro Therefor. (open access)

Fan and Motoro Therefor.

Patent for a motor-propelled fan that can attach to any support, especially beds steads and other furniture. The motor is simple and can be easily manipulated.
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Sneckner, George A. & Roth, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters (open access)

Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters

Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Stroud, Wiley N. & Corey, Rufus H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine (open access)

Seeding-Machine

Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History