Degree Discipline

Degree Level

609 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Map of Somervell County

Cadastral map of Somervell County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Somervell Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Somervell County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:118,518] (4000 varas to 1 1/8 of an inch).
Date: 1884
Creator: Thielepape, George F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Somervell County

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1884
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Somervell County [Texas]

Map shows numbered plats and ownership, townships, adjacent county boundaries where property lines extend beyond county limits; watershed for the Brazos River in Somervell County. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1884
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Somervell County

Cadastral map of Somervell County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1884
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the hopper having the bottom board provided with the slot and the groove, the slide bearing on the bottom board and having the slot, the depending stud engaging the groove, and the oscillating stirrer above the slide and having the arm engaging the slide" (lines 46-53).
Date: August 3, 1886
Creator: Whitehurst, Esir David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists of "the frame, the arms or standards pivoted to the said frame and carrying the chopping hoes or plows, the rock-shafts having the arms connected to the standards or [other] arms, and the [third] arms, and the rotating crank-shaft connected to the [third] arms, whereby the standards or arms will be caused to alternately approach and recede from each other as the machine advances" (lines 52-61).
Date: September 14, 1886
Creator: Basham, Wesley Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Scraper. (open access)

Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper. This design consists in "the vertical standard having the horizontal reardwardly-extending arm at its lower end, the cotton-scraper attached to the said arm and extending rearwardly and outwardly therefrom, and having the upturned curved broadened rear end forming the blade, and the clip-bolts and clamping-plate to secure the standard to the plow-standard and permit the said standard to be vertically adjusted" (lines 82-91).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Basham, Wesley Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 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: 1889
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Mill (open access)

Cane-Mill

Patent for improvements in the mechanical make up and physical functionality of cane mills.
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer (open access)

Lemon-Squeezer

Patent for "a device to which a lemon may be subjected and halved, squeezed, and the skins ejected, the steps being taken in the order mentioned and by one operation of the machine" (lines 10-14).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer (open access)

Lemon-Squeezer

Patent for "a machine adapted to cut or halve a lemon and extract the juice therefrom and cast away the rinds at one and the same operation. . .[and also directs] the juice of each half through separate channels, whereby two glasses may at the same time receive their proportionate allowance of lemon-juice to be subsequently converted into lemonade" (lines 10-19),
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 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: 1896
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 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

Smith County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1903
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs (open access)

Blacksmith's Tongs

Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Davis, William L. & Pruitt, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Rack (open access)

Harness Rack

Patent for harness-rack improvements combining harness suspending means and rein holder.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Weddle, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sulphur Falls]

Postcard of Suphur Falls in Glen Rose, Texas. The image is a photograph of four people in a pool surrounded by a fence. There is a building in the background on the left side of the image. The correspondence on the back is addressed to "Mrs. [C.]M. Backloupe" and speaks about future travel plans and the mosquitos in the area.
Date: August 16, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 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: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 1-c Quadrangle

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 1:48000
Date: 1924
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 4-a Quadrangle

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 1:48000
Date: 1924
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury 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: 1925
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Godley Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1928
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Godley Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1928
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History