[Portrait of William McFaddin]

Portrait of William McFaddin wearing a suit and hat and holding a cane in his left hand. A handwritten note below the photo says "Wm McFaddin's father William McFaddin b. 1819."
Date: April 23, 1893
Creator: Schrenk
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894] (open access)

[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by H. Henke and Company, including salt, flour, vinegar, oil, and related items.
Date: April 18, 1894
Creator: H. Henke and Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway. (open access)

Conduit Electric Railway.

Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire companies in extending their ladders in gaining access to buildings, and also because of the great danger attending persons and animals moving about in the street, on account of the charged or live wires frequently being thrown down upon the ground, and coming in contact with and destroying the life of persons, and also on account of the frequent fatal accidents to persons having charge of the repair of the wires and other apparatus in connection with them, often coming in contact with live wires while elevated on the poles and engaged in repairing them" (lines 16-38).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: de Voe, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History