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[A.C. Louwien Bakery]
Photograph of the A.C. Louwien Bakery in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A.C. Louwien Bakery]
Photograph of the A.C. Louwien Bakery (located at 223 Main) in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock which includes "certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-13) as well as illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Peterson, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.
Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Roedern, George O. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.
Patent for a new piano forte design which "consists in certain novel details of construction, arrangement, and combination of the key-lever and its fulcrum and rest, a receiving-lever, a transmitting-eccentric, a secondary hammer, a principal hammer and its rest, and a damper-action and its connections, whereby greater simplicity and efficiency are obtained" (lines 10-17) including illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1879
Creator:
Roedern, George O. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Historical Marker for Indianola]
Photograph of the historical marker for Indianola. The marker is rectangular in shape and the text in it is bordered by an opened scroll-like design. The marker is in front of a beach.
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Historical Marker for Indianola, Detail]
Photograph of the historical marker for Indianola. The marker is rectangular in shape and the text in it is bordered by an opened scroll-like design. The marker is in front of a beach.
Date:
June 1983
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow that has functional improvements in plows.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Fudge, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.
Date:
May 10, 1859
Creator:
Doss, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machines.
Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.
Date:
November 15, 1859
Creator:
Singer, E. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Case.
Patent for new and improved shipping case to store and transport oysters so that they may be surrounded by ice in travel and not be subjected to a great amount of pressure or damaged during transit.
Date:
December 5, 1905
Creator:
Clement, Thomas Houlten, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate that is "a structure hanging and sliding by means of rollers on an inclined cross-bar, and so connected by ropes and pulleys to stationary posts that a person approaching it on horseback or in a vehicle may easily open the gate (without dismounting) by pulling the rope, and on releasing the rope the gate will close automatically" (lines 12-19); illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1891
Creator:
Smith, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sorghum Cutter.
Patent for a machine to cut sorghum and similar standing crops
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Drgac, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to T.R. Legett - November 21, 1904]
Letter written to Reverend T.R. Legett from his brother, K.K. Legett, concerning the failing health of their mother.
Date:
November 21, 1904
Creator:
Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Mr. and Mrs. K.K. Legett - April 12, 1905]
Letter written by K.K. Legett to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K.K. Legett, informing them of the death of his father-in-law, Colonel Bryan.
Date:
April 12, 1905
Creator:
Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Calhoun County, no. 29
Inventory of records of Calhoun County housed in the Calhoun County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date:
January 1941
Creator:
Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved wrench.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Hamlett, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, June 28, 1944]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing an offer to buy Harris' boat and bad weather and labor problems at Sugar Land cotton farms.
Date:
June 28, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas] Typical Curves of Precipitation
Series of three graphs demarcating the average rainfall per month for specific Texas cities across different regions of the state. Some lines are marked in red to distinguish individual points.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators for the ground working elements.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Kendall, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine.
Patent for a sewing machine "which will cut or trim the edges of two pieces of cloth during the time that said edges are being stitched together by the needle" (lines 15-18) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Singer, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Property, Photograph 455-03]
Photograph of a historic property located at 227 Main in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Date:
March 1, 1981
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Gate.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in automatic train gates" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Ivanhoe, George. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Exterminator
Patent for a boll weevil exterminator. This invention is designed to remove boll weevils from cotton plants and crushing them between rollers. Illustration included.
Date:
October 9, 1906
Creator:
Meeks, William & Brown, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History