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The Comanche National Bank (open access)

The Comanche National Bank

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts. Letterhead includes the names J. B. Chilton, President; T. J. Holmsley, Vice Prest.; W. B. Cunningham, Cashier; R. V. Neely, Ass't. Cashier.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
T. R. Hill (open access)

T. R. Hill

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of surveyors with text reading: "General Land Agent and Surveyor. Attention to Taxes. Established 1872"; "Loans made on Real Estate Complete Abstract of Land titles for Comanche County."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephenville 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: 1890
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor (open access)

Water-Motor

Patent for water motors that aides in "the transmission of the power generated by the revolution of two or more water-wheels to a single driving-shaft" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Vernon, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Comanche 1891 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Comanche in Comanche 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

Comanche 1891 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Comanche in Comanche 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
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of two jaws coupled together and carrying pulleys, a cord to draw the jaws together passing around the pulleys, and a gripping device connected with the jaws to secure the wires. (Illustration is included.)
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Bigham, James Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Henderson, Henry Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Walker, Stephen A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hub. (open access)

Vehicle-Hub.

Patent for improvements to vehicle wheel hubs, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1892
Creator: Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for improvements on washing machines in order "to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines and to provide one which will remove the dirt from fabrics without inj uring the latter and which may be conveniently operated with a minimum amount of exertion on the part of the operator" (lines 10-16).
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Elkins, William Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer.

Patent for pneumatic conveyer using cars, cylindrically-shaped runners, tracks, and lubrication device, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Vernon, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler (open access)

Wash Boiler

Patent for improvement on boiler washing machines so that steam is produced in conical chambers underneath a false bottom thus producing steam in less time and stirring the clothes as steam is vented upward and out of said chambers.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Medley, John Alfred
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: 1894
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: 1894
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hamilton 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: 1894
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1895 (open access)

The Comanche Chief. (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 21, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1895 (open access)

The Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Comanche, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 3, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Comanche 1896 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Comanche in Comanche County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Comanche 1896 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Comanche in Comanche County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Comanche 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: 1896
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Bucket or Vessel. (open access)

Cloth Bucket or Vessel.

Patent for a cloth bucket or vessel to place milk or water in to keep it cool when ice is not available. One places the bucket in the shade and the air circulates freely through the bucket. The bucket is thick enough that it will not drip, but is breathable to allow aeration and evaporation.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Slack, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for an insect destroyer consisting of a steam-generator used with "removable drawers forming the fire-box and ash-pan of the generator, a safety-valve connected with the steam-boiler, and a novel form and construction of flexible discharge-tube, the same being provided with a cut-off device and with a socket-piece adapted to receive a handle by means of which the discharge end of the flexible tube may be elevated and conducted to any desired point" (lines 12-21).
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Maddux, Richard Calvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephenville 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: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History