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Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter. (open access)

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Granbury Monument

Photograph of a granite monument. A statue of a soldier in uniform stands at the top of the monument. The inscription reads: "Erected by the U.O.C., General Granbury, Chapter, No. 683, In memory of Brigadier General H. B. Granbury and his Valiant Followers. Granbury 1861-1865."
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Nutt House Hotel

Photograph of the Nutt House hotel in Granbury.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: UAW] captions transcript

[News Clip: UAW]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 1, 1984, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Tolar Standard and Register. (Tolar, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907 (open access)

The Tolar Standard and Register. (Tolar, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Tolar, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Hospital forced to close] (open access)

[News Script: Hospital forced to close]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 1, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hood County hospital closes] (open access)

[News Script: Hood County hospital closes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 1, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dam] (open access)

[News Script: Dam]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: August 1, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879] (open access)

[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879]

Petition from the Attorneys Cooker and Estes to Judge T.L. Nugent. A Hood County Certificate of True Copy is attached to the document. The attached document was signed by clerk, T.P. Morgan. The document is dated October 1, 1879.
Date: October 1, 1879
Creator: Cooker and Estes
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Jail Museum, Sign

Photograph of a sign at the Hood County Jail Museum. It says "Hood County Jail (1885 - 1979) Museum Hours: Saturday - Sunday, 1-4 PM."
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Jail Museum

Photograph of the Hood County Jail. Built in 1885, it is now a museum.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Bank building in Granbury

Old bank building in Granbury, now home to Porter Abstract & Title.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Courthouse, Granbury, Historic Plaque

Photograph of a plaque at Hood County Courthouse. It reads: "Fifth Courthouse on this site. Erected 1890-1891, this handsome building is a Texas version of the French Second Empire style. First courthouse (1867) was a 1 room log cabin housing county records, lawyers and land agents' offices, and mail station. It was succeeded by 3 stone structures. Contractors Moodie & Ellis and Architect W. C. Dodson built this native stone edifice. The clock tower, added after completion, was reinforced with steel in 1869. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970."
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Jail Museum

Photograph of the Hood County Jail. Built in 1885, it is now home to the Hood County Jail Museum.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Jailhouse, Historic Plaque

Photograph of a historic plaque at the Hood County Jailhouse. It reads: "Second County Jail. Celebrated in early local ballad. Build to succeed 1873 log jail at time when lawlessness was rampant. Main building is late Victorian in style. Separate stone kitchen was added upon completion. The tall front section was to have a gallows, but no hangings have occurred here. Jail admits some 55 prisoners yearly. "Uncle" Andy Walters, a local character, once locked sheriff in this jail, but left key with judge on way home. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970."
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury Opera House

Photograph of the Granbury Opera House. A banner advertising the musicals Gypsy and Grease hangs above the entrance.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Town Square, Granbury

Granbury street scene at the town square.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hood County Courthouse, Granbury

Photograph of the Hood County Courthouse in Granbury, Texas. It is three stories tall, and a clock tower adorns the roof. Several cars are parked in front of the courthouse.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History