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Couch-Bed. (open access)

Couch-Bed.

Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Hunter, Emily
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1853 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1853
Creator: Smith S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1854 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1854
Creator: Smith S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Jones to Dr. Joseph Pound, August 1,1898] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Jones to Dr. Joseph Pound, August 1,1898]

Letter from John C. Jones to Dr. Joseph Pound requesting he send his "rank and Confederate Record and P. O. address at once."
Date: August 1, 1898
Creator: Jones, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Gonzales College] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Gonzales College]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Gonzales College, in Gonzales, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.
Date: October 1, 1961
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1854 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1854
Creator: Smith, S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1853 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1853
Creator: Smith, S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Preston, Leonidas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Carnes, William J., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock. (open access)

Plow Stock.

Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design "has for its object to provide an implement of peculiar novel construction, whereby the different forms of plowshares, shovels, or other cultivating implements or combinations of different cultivating instrumentalities may be varied, interchanged, and adjusted at will to suit the character of the soil, the nature of the crop, or the requirements of the occasion" (lines 8-16).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Brooks, Texas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History