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Bowie County

Map of Bowie County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1841
Creator: Siedikum, F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.

Patent for a machine that is meant to file circular saws. The invention files "saws while mounted side-by side upon a saw arbor, as cotton gin saws usually are; means for moving the file carriage along upon the frame of the machine to locate it in front of the individual saws which are to be filed; means for raising and carrying the file over the saws when the carriage is to be moved; means for securing the file sash on the file carriage and of securing the file carriage upon the main frame by a single act; and means for converting a continuous rotary feed motion of the saws while being filed, to an intermittent motion which rotates the saws step-by-step from tooth to tooth" (lines 15-28).
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: McCurry, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Cutter-Heads. (open access)

Support for Cutter-Heads.

Patent for a support for cutter-heads that allows the operator to easily sharpen, dress, and treat the bits or cutters of the head. It has a spindle that turns and slides in a bearing and supports a cutter-head a pin in the spindle that is seated inn the grooves in the bearings, and a spring loaded bolt in the end of the spindle.
Date: December 4, 1894
Creator: Kendig, Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Trimmer. (open access)

Lumber-Trimmer.

Patent for an improved lumber-trimmer that has "a suitable carriage or number of carriages for conveying the lumber a series of swinging frames, which carry belted saws and also supporting-wheels, which wheels, if not tripped, will ride over the lumber, carrying the saws up with them out of an operative position, but which wheels, if tripped, will ride over the lumber, but permit the suspended saws to remain in operative position to trim the lumber at different points in its length, as may be desired" (lines 23-33).
Date: December 3, 1895
Creator: Coleman, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incandescent Lamp (open access)

Incandescent Lamp

Patent for incandescent lamp. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Crutchfield, Charles H. & Deshong, Andrew W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rat Trap (open access)

Rat Trap

Patent for a rat trap. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Turnbo, Lycurgus S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for an improved and resilient spring wheel for a vehicle.
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Collinsworth, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reinforcing-Bar Supports. (open access)

Improvement in Reinforcing-Bar Supports.

Patent for improving "bar supports for use in concrete construction" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Darr, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Device for Hay-Presses. (open access)

Feeding Device for Hay-Presses.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices for Hay-Presses" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Sandy, Sam S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Closure (open access)

Bottle-Closure

Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Williams, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1925 (open access)

The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1925

Weekly newspaper from Texarkana, Texas that includes news and information about the Farm-Labor Union of America and news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1925 (open access)

The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1925

Weekly newspaper from Texarkana, Texas that includes news and information about the Farm-Labor Union of America and news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1925 (open access)

The Farm-Labor Union News (Texarkana, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1925

Weekly newspaper from Texarkana, Texas that includes news and information about the Farm-Labor Union of America and news of interest to members along with advertising.
Date: December 24, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
What is Americanism Today, by J. E. Cobb, D. D., Secretary-Treasurer American Baptist Association - December 10, 1941 (open access)

What is Americanism Today, by J. E. Cobb, D. D., Secretary-Treasurer American Baptist Association - December 10, 1941

An essay titled "What is Americanism Today," by J. E. Cobb, D. D., Secretary-Treasurer, Baptist Sunday School Committee of the American Baptist Association, Texarkana, Ark-Texas, dated December 10, 1941.
Date: December 10, 1941
Creator: Cobb, J. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to William M. Nathan, December 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to William M. Nathan, December 19, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to William M. Nathan discussing the minutes of the National Hillel Commission meeting, the new Hillel unit at Wayne University that was funded by the Detroit area lodges, and a proposed committee meeting. He also explains that his head pain has not been fixed but has eased since his appointments in New York.
Date: December 19, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 16, Number 3, December 1955 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 16, Number 3, December 1955

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: December 1955
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 17, Number 3, December 1956 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 17, Number 3, December 1956

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: December 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Violent high schoolers arrested] (open access)

[News Script: Violent high schoolers arrested]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 18, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 28, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 31, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Intro] (open access)

[News Script: Intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 14, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather intro] (open access)

[News Script: Weather intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 15, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports segment, December 20, 1971] (open access)

[News Script: Sports segment, December 20, 1971]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 20, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Zimmerman] (open access)

[News Script: Zimmerman]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Clifford Cecil Norris who escaped from federal prison was arrested in Houston.
Date: December 11, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library