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[Art Museum of South Texas]

Photograph of the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art Museum of South Texas]

Photograph of the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art Museum of South Texas]

Photograph of the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art Museum of South Texas]

Photograph of the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. S. Block to Needville Cotton Warehouse Company, April 9, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from H. S. Block to Needville Cotton Warehouse Company, April 9, 1960]

Letter from H. S. Block to Needville Cotton Warehouse Company informing about enclosing a warehouse receipt and tag lists for immediate delivery of cotton. Second page contains receipt for Domestic Insured Parcel addressed at Corpus Christi.
Date: April 9, 1960
Creator: Block, H. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Seat. (open access)

Wagon-Seat.

Patent for "a detachable spring or resilient support for wagon seats [...] which may be adjusted for positioning the seat at various elevations" (lines 14-22), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Winslow, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Stitch Ripper. (open access)

Lock Stitch Ripper.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to an improved combination tool or implement designed to be used in connection with sewing-machines, and combining in a convenient form several instruments which operators on sewing-machines should always have ready at hand" (lines 9-14).
Date: April 8, 1884
Creator: Wheeler, Elijah Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Killing Composition (open access)

Weed-Killing Composition

Patent for "new and useful composition of matter designed for killing and preventing the growth of weeds and noxious grasses, and is particularly designed for killing and preventing the growth of Bermuda and Johnson grasses." (lines 9-14)
Date: April 24, 1912
Creator: Owen, Hillery O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with L. B. Blackmon, April 10, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. B. Blackmon, April 10, 2007

Transcription of a phone interview with L. B. Blackmon of Corpus Christi, Texas, a World War Two veteran of the United States Marine Corps. In the interview, Mr. Brown talks about his time in the Marines as well as life growing up during the Great Depression and other biographical information. He recalls memories of surviving Pearl Harbor, guard duty around naval storage in Hawaii, and the Horse Marines.
Date: April 10, 2007
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Blackmon, L. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Vine-Rakes (open access)

Improvements In Vine-Rakes

Patent for new and improved Vine-Rakes to use in everyday farming. Uses includes pulling fines from crops and preparing the ground for plowing or digging before planting crops.
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Dunn, Joseph W
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Chimney Holder. (open access)

Lamp-Chimney Holder.

Patent for an "improved lamp chimney holder" (lines 12-13) designed to allow a hinged member to light the wick and extinguish the light "instead of raising or removing the chimney" (lines 19-20), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Emmert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Texas Research League, April 5, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Texas Research League, April 5, 1966]

Letter from Alvin A. Burger discussing the death of Maston Nixon and discussing his impact on the League.
Date: April 5, 1966
Creator: Texas Research League
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed (open access)

Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed

Patent for an improved, less expensive, and easier to use camp bed granted to William Green Holden.
Date: April 1, 1884
Creator: Holden, William Green
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical and Bathing Apparatus. (open access)

Surgical and Bathing Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to surgical and bathing apparatus.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Scroggin, Jethro W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. R. Johnson to I. H. Kempner, April 29, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from L. R. Johnson to I. H. Kempner, April 29, 1955]

Letter from Johnson, L. R. to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's release from the hospital.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: Johnson, L. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve (open access)

Flush-Valve

Patent for a valve for a general flush tank.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Cahill, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to L. R. Johnson, April 30, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to L. R. Johnson, April 30, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to L. R. Johnson thanking him for writing to check on him while Kempner has been sick. He reassures Johnson that his strength will come back in due time.
Date: April 30, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer. (open access)

Reamer.

Patent for a reamer with a hexagonal shaped body and shell, central hub, a series of plates, springs, and metal dogs. Used for reaming well drilling tubes, which are used to drill artesian wells and deep water, and for cleaning out the reamer's own interior.
Date: April 24, 1911
Creator: Sly, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow. (open access)

Disk Harrow.

Patent for novel construction of a Disk Harrow consisting of a wheel-mounted frame which raises and lowers opposite sides independently and frame attached pivotally carrying a gang of harrow disks.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Emmert, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale Alarm (open access)

Scale Alarm

Patent for an improved scale alarm that automatically alerts the user to scales that are not balanced and is unaffected by temperature changes, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Rice, William Jasper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History