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[McAdams Floral Care instructions] (open access)

[McAdams Floral Care instructions]

Card from a floral arrangement sent to Eleanor Brown from McAdams Floral with care instructions.
Date: March 18, 2010
Creator: McAdams Floral
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1852 (open access)

The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1852

Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1853 (open access)

The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1853

Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 18, 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1862 (open access)

The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1862

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 18, 1862
Creator: White, S. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1882 (open access)

The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date: November 18, 1882
Creator: Linn, E. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Issac Herbert Kempner to George Andre, November 18, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Issac Herbert Kempner to George Andre, November 18, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to George Andre discussing the Maberry Motor Company and repairs needed for the flat tire of Kempner's Chrysler car.
Date: November 18, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. M. Noble to George Andre, October 18, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from W. M. Noble to George Andre, October 18, 1955]

Letter from W. M. Noble to George Andre discussing company bank loans for the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: October 18, 1955
Creator: Noble, W. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, October 18, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner, October 18, 1955]

Letter from George Andre to I. H. Kempner discussing company bank loans for the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: October 18, 1955
Creator: Andre, George L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 18, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 18, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teaser] (open access)

[News Script: Teaser]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, introducing a news story.
Date: January 18, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane Crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane Crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 18, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Fleming-Welder House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Fleming-Welder House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Fleming-Welder House, in Victoria, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: March 18, 1997
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Victoria Request] (open access)

[News Script: Victoria Request]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 18, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash deaths] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash deaths]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1972-01-18T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 5 school districts cited] (open access)

[News Script: 5 school districts cited]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare citing five Texas school districts for desegregation hearings.
Date: April 18, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Laundry [hanging on a bush at] Circle Bayou

Photograph of long underwear hanging on a bush at Circle Bayou.
Date: January 18, 1911
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mistletoe [at] Circle Bayou

Photograph of mistletoe hanging from trees at Circle Bayou.
Date: January 18, 1911
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Got two out of Circle Bayou

Photograph of J. G. Rose standing, holding his shotgun and two pintail drakes he shot.
Date: January 18, 1911
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cooks preparing dinner [at] Circle Bayou[:] Broil duck and squirrel stew

Photograph of two men, L. F. Jecker (left) and J. G. Rose, sitting in chairs at a campsite at Circle Bayou. A campfire is nearby. A tent is in the background.
Date: January 18, 1911
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propeller of Machinery to be used in Currents. (open access)

Propeller of Machinery to be used in Currents.

Patent for a propelled water wheel that is attached to the back of a vessel that uses a current of water and stream power, including illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1851
Creator: Hardie, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay press that is meant to "check the rebound of the plunger so that the working beam or lever will not be thrown against the horse; also to provide for automatically applying a brake for the purpose of checking the rebound; also to provide for cushioning the rebound of the plunger so as to prevent or check its tendency to throw the toggle elver against the main lever; also to provide for automatically giving a signal or alarm to indicate when a bale of a given size has been compressed; also to improve the construction of the tie box portion of the press; also to generally improve the construction of parts" (lines 17-30).
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: McNeill, Charles DeWitt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire and Burglar Proof Safe. (open access)

Fire and Burglar Proof Safe.

Patent for a safe "constructed as to be safe from fire and burglars, and at which the same time may be made lighter, and may be less expensive in manufacture than when made in the usual way." (para. 4). Additionally, safe is airtight and water-proof.
Date: March 18, 1870
Creator: Wilkins, Samuel Adams
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History