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Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover.
Patent for an invention that relates to the improvements in sanitary covers for attachment to the spring of a bed and the spring of the mattress. The sanitary cover provides a solution to repel vermin and noxious insects.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Luedecke, Henry H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chauncey D. Leake to I. H. Kempner, October 5, 1949]
Letter from Chauncey D. Leake to I. H. Kempner mentioning that it would be wise for Mr. Kempner to formally invite the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to come to Galveston for a meeting in December or spring. Dr. Leake acknowledges the Board’s busy schedule and suggests a dinner meeting might be more appealing.
Date:
October 5, 1949
Creator:
Leake, Chauncey D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Blackshear. A. H., Jr., July 5, 1956]
Letter from Blackshear, A. H., Jr., discussing the renewal of Cecile Blum Kempner's driver's license
Date:
July 5, 1956
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, July 5, 1945]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman discussing the possibility of getting a campaign manager because there is a need to reach some of the smaller towns in Texas to raise funds for the Hillel Building campaign.
Date:
July 5, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Various Members of the Hillel Building Foundation at the University of Texas at Austin, May 5, 1945]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Eugene Solow, Mose M. Feld, Fred F. Florence, and William M. Nathan enclosing a letter Kempner wrote to Rabbi Friedman and a copy of his reply.
Date:
May 5, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from I. H. Kempner to Various Members of the Hillel Building Foundation at the University of Texas at Austin, May 5, 1945]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Eugene Solow, Mose M. Feld, Fred F. Florence, and William M. Nathan enclosing a letter Kempner wrote to Rabbi Friedman and a copy of his reply.
Date:
May 5, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, March 5, 1945]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman asking him to contact the members of the committee and ask them if they would still like to meet in Austin and if they would like hotel reservations.
Date:
March 5, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, March 5, 1945]
Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner discussing his recent travels to Brotherhood Week in New Orleans. He mentions that he will not be able to attend the meeting to be held in Galveston in March, but he will have Dr. J. Ettlinger will bring his report. He also discusses Dr. Ettlinger's solicitation efforts in El Paso.
Date:
March 5, 1945
Creator:
Friedman, Newton J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for an oil feeder designed to burn crude oil. It features a carbon deposit chamber and a vent pipe.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Hartung, Theodore A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn with a dasher with blades that is able to rotate to force the milk or cream in an upward and downward direction. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base-Ball Score-Card
Patent for a baseball score card that has spaces for putting the players name on the card from both teams on the same side.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Dealey, Walter A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George M. Atkinson to the International Revenue Service District Director, April 5, 1962]
Letter from George M. Atkinson to the District Director of the Internal Revenue Service requesting a 30-day extension in the filing of the income tax return of Harris Leon Kempner, Jr.
Date:
April 5, 1962
Creator:
Atkinson, George M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design utilizes "a draw-head, formed with the usual flaring mouth, and interior cavity. . . . the interior of the draw-head is narrowing from the mouth to the center of the pin, and widening from the latter backward. The object of this construction is, that it directs the entering link to the pin, and increases the power of resistance of the latter to the strain" (lines 23-33).
Date:
April 5, 1881
Creator:
Nuckols, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "brake-shoes [which] are jointed by pivots to brake-blocks of the usual form, which are suspended from the truck-timbers by suitable suspending links or clevises, so that they may have a free longitudinal movement when acted upon by the actuating mechanism, and said blocks and brake-shoes are separated by transverse brake-bars, in order that they may be kept truly in-line with the car-wheels at all times" (lines 16-25).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History