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Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter (open access)

Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter

Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. The invention has "relation to improved means for adjusting the wheels laterally to provide for increasing or diminishing the width of the rows" (lines 13-16).
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Kile, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man and Woman in Yard; Portrait of Woman

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing in a yard with plants behind them, taken in 1924 in Putnam, Texas. The second picture is a portrait of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk in 1947, taken at the Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Date: {1924,1947}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wedding Portrait

Copy negative of a wedding portrait of man and wife Frank and Harriet Cumi Black Mayes. He is wearing a dark suit and she is wearing a light colored dress. On the left, there is printing on the photograph that says "A. F. Casey, Extablished at Cisco, Texas 1882."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Bow Strings Attachment (open access)

Buggy Bow Strings Attachment

Patent for improvements to buggy transportation carts. These improvements are primarily to prevent bending and breakage.
Date: July 12, 1905
Creator: Johnson, George A
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Snapshot of Three Men

Copy negative of John Berry, James French and Cliff Berry standing next to each other. All three men are wearing button-up shirts and large-brimmed hats. Mr. French wears eyeglasses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Clyde's First Basketball Team

Copy negative of Clyde's first basketball team, including Cliff Berry. There are five team members, all wearing sleeveless shirts and shorts. One man is holding a basketball and there is a basketball court in the background. Written below the photograph is, "Clyde's first basketball team about 1920-21".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women by House

Copy negative of eleven women gathered in front of an old car and a rock house. Four women are seated and seven are standing behind them. All women are wearing dresses or blouses and skirts and some wear hats and glasses. Written across the bottom margin is, "Thursday Club".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Abilene

Topographic quadrangle map of Abilene, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Callahan County

Blue line print of survey map of Callahan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map to denote the addition of Phantom Hill-Crogan and to emphasize various plots of land. Scale [ca. 1:290,909] (6000 varas to 11/16 of an inch).
Date: 1918
Creator: Blucher, Carl & Anthony, P. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Callahan County, Texas.

Blueline format of survey map of Callahan County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 187u
Creator: Gast, August
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas & Pacific Railway Depot plaque, Baird

TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION TEXAS OFFICIAL HISTORICAL MEDALLION TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY DEPOT IN 1881, THE FIRST STORY OF THIS BRICK DEPOT WAS BUILT AS A STATION FOR THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY. TWO YEARS LATER, A SECOND FLOOR WS ADDED TO THE STRUCTURE, AND THE NEW RAILROAD TOWN OF BAIRD WAS CHOSEN CALLAHAN COUNTY SEAT. THE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DEPOT, WHICH FEATURES DECORATIVE BRICKWORK, WAS USED BY THE RAILROAD UNTIL 1977. ITS PRESENCE IS A REMINDER OF THE TOWN'S IMPORTANCE AS A SHIPPING POINT FOR THE T&P RAILWAY FOR OVER 60 YEARS. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1985
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mural in Baird

TEXAS & PACIFIC 616 PLAZA CORNER
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

IOOF club building in Baird

Photograph of the International Order of Odd Fellows club building in Baird. There are two stained glass windows set into the building. The window on the left says "IOOF". The second window says "FLT".
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Memorial, Callahan County

Photograph of the historic marker for Camp Pecan in Baird, Texas. The stone marker is on the courthouse lawn; buildings are visible in the background. Text: Camp Pecan C. S. A. This Civil War camp of the Texas Frontier Regiment was located 21 mi. southeast established in 1862 as one of a line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The number of men guarding the frontier were few. Trouble came from all directions with Indian threats and raids from the west and plundering renegades and deserters from the east. Food, supplies, clothing and horses were constantly scarce. But in spite of all obstacles, these Confederates managed to effectively hold the frontier line of settlement. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the state of Texas, 1963.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Callahan County Courthouse, Baird

Photograph of the Callahan County Courthouse from the front. The view of the building is obscured by several trees. The building is four stories tall, and made of brick.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

War memorial - Callahan County

on center piece: Dedicated to the memory of those men who gave their lives in the service of their country to preserve our freedom Sponsored by Baird Rebekah lodge no. 112 Erected by Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Cross
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Callahan County Courthouse, Baird

Photograph of the Callahan County Courthouse in Baird, Texas. It is four stories tall, and made of brick.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pioneers Monument on Callahan County Courthouse grounds

PIONEERS COUNTY ORGANIZED JULY 3, 1877 NAMED FOR JAMES H. CALLAHAN RANGER CAPTAIN AND INDIAN FIGHTER
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

War memorial - Callahan County

World War I Thomas H. Aiken Benjamine C. Barclay Eugene C. Bell Mcdonald Bell Bruce B. Bush Thomas G. Brashear Bart Coppinger Roy R. B. D'spain Virgil T. Farrar Leonard M. Grisham John Murray Gunn Norman Johnson Orion A. Keele John B. Mullican W. Tom Peevy Wendell H. Russell John W. Slough Jr. R. Lee Wilson World War II Afton C. Adams Wade Andrews Harrell T. Arledge James C. Bentley Albert H. Bales Dewey Douglas Bennett James A. Bently Lindy Bowen C. A. Burleson Jr. Jimmy Brandon Clarence A. Brown Doyle Lee Brown James E. Browning Earnest Botts Bill Cowan Jesse Crowson Stanley Coppinger Jeff Dungan Henry B. Dorsey Gayl A. Edwards Milton Elliott Clifton A. Fortune Norman George Edward Haag Jr. Everette Harrison Marion N. Harvey Robert W. Havens Thomas D. Hindman Raymond R. Honea Edd Henderson Billy Hollingshead Fred Hooper
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Callahan County memorial plaque

Photograph of a memorial plaque placed on a cut rock in Callahan County. The seal on the front reads "Texas Highway Department 1936."
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baird Volunteer Fire Department, est. 1881

Photograph of the Baird Fire Department building. It is made out of bright red brick, and has two garage doors. A sign at the top of the building says "B.A.I.R.D. Est. 1881, Volunteer Fire Department."
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baird street scene, looking towards the Callahan County Courthouse

Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas, looking towards the Callahan County courthouse. Cars are parked outside buildings on both sides of the street. Several trees obscure the courthouse from view.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baird street scene

Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas. Buildings line the street, and two cars are parked outside an antique shop.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Former T & P Railway Depot, now Baird Chamber of Commerce

Photograph of the Baird Chamber of Commerce, formerly the T & P depot. It is a two-story red brick building.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History