Beaver Creek School

Students at Beaver Creek School in 1895. First names of some students are handwritten on the photo.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Blank, #2] (open access)

The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Blank, #2]

Printed legal document with blanks for detailed information and signatures, regarding the sale of rights to a patent for a quilting frame invented by John J. Click.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights] (open access)

[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights]

Legal document related to a quilting machine invented by J. J. Click outlining the sale of partial (1/2) rights to J. H. Major.
Date: 1895
Creator: Click, John J.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear. (open access)

Valve-Gear.

Patent for a valve-gear that uses a single eccentric, "together with devices by which such eccentric may be shifted upon the shaft and locked in its various positions to effect either a reversal of the engine or a stoppage thereof with a full head of steam on, and to run the engine in one or the other direction, as may be desired" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Hill, Millard F. & Easley, Clifton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame designed to be used with a sewing machine and "which may be easily set up and be supported from the floor, and not in any manner mar or injure the walls or ceilings." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Click, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History