Resource Type

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Lampasas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1904
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Temple Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hamilton Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Culp, Willis Harmon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Todd, James C.; Harvison, John A. & Howard, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Fastener (open access)

Window Fastener

Patent for a "combined automatic window fastener and lock by means of which a sliding window-sash may be securely held and fastened at any desired point of elevation and locked against movement in either direction."
Date: September 2, 1902
Creator: Parks, Leonard D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Lock. (open access)

Window-Lock.

Patent for locking windows in place at various elevations with illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Kinsey, Columbus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device. (open access)

Hub-Attaching Device.

Patent for hub attaching device. "This invention relates to means applied to ordinary vehicle-axles for preventing wear upon the same, a false wearing-surface being provided, which may be renewed when necessary, either on account of wear or for any other reason"(lines 11-16)
Date: November 18, 1902
Creator: Simon, Adolph P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for improvements to a device to perform an operation known as a perrineorhaphia, including an illustration of the device. This device stabilizes the edges of a wound on the perineum so the surgeon can place sutures and close the wound.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Simpson, Richard H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Tompkins, Jesse
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Parks, Leonard D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a sash fastener. This invention applies to fastening and locking the lower sash of a window to the windows frame. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Sloan, Emanuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder. (open access)

Rein-Holder.

Patent for rein supports to be attached to the front of a buggy, with an adjustable height and being collapsible for storage.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Hill, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash - Balance. (open access)

Sash - Balance.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash balancing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Cayce, Henry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nesting and Brooding Box (open access)

Nesting and Brooding Box

Patent for a nesting and brooding box made to keep poultry safe from other animals and to be easily transported. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Bradford, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditcher. (open access)

Ditcher.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Ditchers" (lines 5-6).
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Brown, John Dayton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for attachment for cultivators that consist of new improvements that allow for cultivator-beams to spread apart and draw together with the attachment. This attachment can be affixed while the cultivator is in use.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Faubion, Rufus O.; Workman, Calvin W. & Workman, Cave G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Clements, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for a window sash lock, which holds the lower sash when opened in a locked position.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Culp, Willis H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder (open access)

Sash-Holder

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders," an invention which "aims to provide a sash-holder of simple construction for supporting a sash at any elevation and which will secure it when closed against being opened from the outside."
Date: November 13, 1900
Creator: Hardy, Isham B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for sash-lock. This device is designed for locking a window sash at any given position. It may be applied to a window frame without damaging the frame or sash.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Clements, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Dewald, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping Machine (open access)

Cotton Chopping Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine. This invention is used to thin cotton plants with revolving blades that cut and destroy plants. Illustrations included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Tucker, Samuel Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History