Resource Type

Bank-Ledger (open access)

Bank-Ledger

Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Ford, Earle
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer.

Patent for improvement to the machine set forth in the patent granted to John S. Doak and Alexander G. Farrington on April, 1902, No. 696419. (Page 1, lines 12-14.) The improvements are to use “a pair of troughs connected to a truck and provided with upwardly-projecting wings on their outer edges, spring-arms attached to the truck and pressing normally against the wings and the outside parts of the troughs, spiral springs adjustably mounted on the truck and pressing against the spring-arms, and means for forcing insects from growing plants into the troughs.” (Page 3, lines 74-83.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Doak, John S. & Farrington, Alexander G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownwood Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eastland Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Saba Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1907
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brady Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coleman Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1905
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Glass Fastener (open access)

Window Glass Fastener

Patent for window glass fastener. Illustration included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Phinny, Christphee W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

Knee-Pad

Patent for a knee pad, designed mainly for those who work in cotton fields. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Chambers, William Roleigh; Chambers, Solomon Roe & Chambers, Wade Hampton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device (open access)

Locking Device

Patent for "a device for locking the frames of loose-leaf binders...which will not be readily bent or broken." (lines 11, 12, 21 & 21), including instructions and illustration.
Date: March 23, 1905
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder (open access)

Umbrella-Holder

Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Perkins, Kate Alice
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for a wash boiler used to wash clothes with steam and water. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Apparatus. (open access)

Milking Apparatus.

Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Hardy, Augustus Williams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Planting Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for planting attachment for cultivators.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Hutcherson, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows. (open access)

Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows.

Patent for a steering mechanism for motorized plows.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Hill, Charles F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. "This inventions relates to a harrow attachment for plow or disk cultivators" (line 12-13). Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Mauldin, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Bucket (open access)

Hoisting Bucket

Patent for a clam-shell hoisting bucket that automatically opens and closes as it is lowered and elevated.
Date: October 21, 1902
Creator: Gearing, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake Head (open access)

Rake Head

Patent for a rake head. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Newsom, Millard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand Box (open access)

Sand Box

Patent for a sand box. This invention "relates to sand guards for vehicle wheel hubs, and has for its principal object to provide a guard" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Underwood, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels (open access)

Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels

Patent for sand cap for vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for an improvement in sash fasteners for window attachments. The patent allows the window to be opened without counterbalances and also keeps the window from being opened from outside.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Staton, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame (open access)

Quilting Frame

Patent for a quilting frame. This invention is constructed to be suspended from the ceiling so as to be able to lift the quilt when not in use. Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Gaines, Wister F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner for stoves, which sends heats the oil using steam and sends it through a pipe into the stove burners.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Pippin, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles (open access)

Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles

Patent for a receptacle for attachment to vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History