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Blind-Slat Fastener.
Patent for improvements in shutter attachments, in which it locks the slats in place at a desired angle. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Jack.
Patent for new and useful improvements in chain-jacks. "This invention aims to provide a chain-jack for lifting the boxes of axles, so that the bearings or brasses therefor can be readily replaced, and is designed especially for use in cases of hot boxes on railway-cars" (line 11-15).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Phillips, Henry S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale
Patent for "an extract of the plant know to botanists by the name 'Larrea Mexican,' to be used in removing boiler-scale and in preventing the reformation of the same" (lines 9-13).
Date:
April 16, 1901
Creator:
Pena, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker
Patent for a device that combines the function of a land-roller, furrow opener, and marker. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
MacDonell, Allan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake
Patent for air brakes. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Minnick, Hezekiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Webb County
Blue line print of survey map of Webb County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:380,952] (10,000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Cart]
Postmarked August 3, 1916 at Laredo, Texas, this card was sent to Concord, N.H.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Vender]
A water vendor on the riverbank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mexican Water Cart]
A water cart drawn by two burros. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oxen carts in front of pawn shop]
Postcard of several men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]
Photograph of Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas before the top floors were added.
Date:
1905~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Texas]
Photograph of a church on the corner of a street in Loredo, Texas. There is a note from "Nettie" written under the picture. Postmarked June 27, 1907. The church was mislabeled as a cathedral.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]
Postcard of Ross Hotel in Laredo, Texas, formerly located at the northwest corner of Flores Avenue and Grant Street.
Date:
1909~/1910~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oxen carts and Pawnshop]
Postcard of oxen carts in front of a pawnshop. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Margaret Murphy from "Will."
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900]
View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900. Looking Northwest from the top of the Federal Building. Postcard sent from Roberto in Laredo to Sra. Laura G. de Arriaga in Plazuela de Tepito, Mexico on January 21, 1909.
Date:
January 21, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Webb County Courthouse, Laredo, Texas]
Photograph of Webb County Courthouse at the corner of Matamoros Street and Flores Avenue in Laredo, Texas. In front of the building a man in a suit is walking in the street near a horse-drawn carriage.
Date:
1905~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas]
Photograph of the railroad bridge over the Rio Grande River, Laredo, Texas. In the foreground, there are women washing clothes on the river bank.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City Hall and Washington's Birthday Celebration, Laredo, Texas]
large crowd at the front entrance of City Hall during Washington's birthday celebration
Date:
1905~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buildings destroyed by tornado 1905]
Buildings destroyed by 1905 tornado. Shows railroad in foreground. Jerry Thompson's book, Laredo: A Pictorial History, describes this photo as damage to buildings of Mexican National Railway, totally destroyed by the tornado.
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Laredo, Texas]
Photograph of buildings destroyed by a tornado in Laredo, Texas in 1904. In Jerry Thompson's book, Laredo: A Pictorial History, this photo is described as remains of the depot and roundhouse of the Mexican National Railway.
Date:
1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Company D, 37th Infantry, Ft. McIntosh]
Soldiers in uniform preparing for target practice.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troop K, 14th Cavalry, Ft. McIntosh]
Men in uniform on horseback
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City Hall during Washington's Birthday Celebration, Laredo, Texas]
Large birthday cake in front of City Hall during Washington's birthday celebration.
Date:
1903~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Laredo sheet
Map displays soil types along with arroyos, creeks, rivers, ranches, towns, cemeteries, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History