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Victoria 1891 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Victoria in Victoria County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Victoria 1891 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Victoria in Victoria County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Victoria 1891 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Victoria in Victoria County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design relates "particularly to a new and improved stirrup iron or body, whereby a stirrup of extraordinary strength and lightness is produced, and also one that is ornamental and avoids the discomfort of metallic stirrups now in common use" (lines 8-13).
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Kerns, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy Frame. (open access)

Mosquito-Canopy Frame.

Patent for an improved mosquito canopy frame using two different forms of locks and metal loops with screws or nails to increase the strength of the parts which “insure easy attachment and detachments of parts and at the same time preserve a close joint” (line 100-102), includes illustration.
Date: March 10, 1891
Creator: Jatho, Adam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for improvements in hay-presses by simplify and increase the efficiency of the power head, so that it is capable of baling more hay in a given time. Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: McNeill, Charles DeWitt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1891 (open access)

The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 31, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History