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[First grade class, Laredo, Texas, 1893]
Portrait of 53 first grade students, Laredo, Texas March 9, 1893. The teacher on the right was Julia Schultz.
Date:
March 9, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 7
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 6
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 8
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 5
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laredo 1894 Sheet 9
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Webb County
Cadastral map of Webb County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some notes are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 9, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Encinal County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Encinal County, Texas. The center of Encinal County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
September 24, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle Bearing.
Patent for a strong and durable vehicle-axle bearing that reduces friction. "Oil may be admitted to the bearings [in the axle] without removing the wheel or exposing said bearings, thus preventing accumulations of dust or other foreign substance" (lines 17-20).
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Falk, Franz
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kiln.
Patent for "a new and improved kiln for burning brick and other clay ware and arranged to enable the operator to control the heat, so as to insure a uniform and equal heating of the articles set in the kiln, and at the same time requiring a small amount of fuel." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Thaison, Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Breaking Car-Seals.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in instruments for breaking car seals, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Leyendecker, Thomas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Beacham, Alexander Thacher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator for Refrigerators.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive ventilator for large refrigerators. It "can be readily applied to an ice box or refrigerator and so constructed that the hot air which is pressed upward is forced through the ventilator and thereby lowering the temperature of the ice box and a consequent saving of ice" (lines 23-28). The ventilator has a valve that releases hot air and automatically closes after the air is released.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Netzer, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Gold - Washer
Patent for a new and improved portable gold-washer. This invention is to "provide an improved substitute for the crude forms of portable good-washing apparatus frequently employed" (line 8-10).
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Kahn, Felix
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Holder.
Patent for an adjustable, simple, inexpensive, and light music-holder that does not let the music slip and does not damage the music. The clamps will not get in the way of the music, and holds a book as easily as a sheet of music. Springs are not used, the staff is telescopic, and should be made from aluminum.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Gross, Frederick D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter.
Patent for new and useful improvements in filters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
McLane, Albert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Registering Voting-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in registering voting-machines.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Woodman, George C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. M. Bruni & Bro.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business with business name, and text reading: "Office of A. M. Bruni & Bro., Wholesale and Retail"; "Dry Goods, Groceries, Liquors and Tobaccos." Letterhead contains the names A. M. Bruni; L. Bruni.
Date:
1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zardenta & Mendiola
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and depicts building in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Galveston. Additional text reads: "Bernardo E. Mendiola"; "Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Notions etc."
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History