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Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Abrams, Frederic
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seal-Padlock
Patent for a seal padlock, designed to "render it absolutely impossible to gain access to the interior of the lock" (lines 12-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Abrams, Frederic
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Alderman, Joseph S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Machine
Patent for a weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1910
Creator:
Allison, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Tug.
Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck.
Patent for new improvements for a portable elevating truck, used for handling and storing heavy material to stack on each other. (referred to as "decking") using an endless chain on an incline.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Truck.
Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas spirit of '17: a pictorial and biographical record of the gallant and courageous men from Ellis County who served in the Great War
Book that details the World War I military service of the citizens of Ellis County. Includes photographs and biographies.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Army and Navy History Company.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder
Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Earl H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaning Machine
Patent for a street-cleaning machine that brushes the dirt into small piles and sucks the dirt piles into bags or receptacles for easy disposal.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Atkinson, Wiley F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Plows.
Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Awtrey, Leland L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers
Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Aycock, Edward F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for a clothes-pounder that is simple and effective with the operator using the minimum amount of energy. It is conical with a smaller cone inside it. A diaphragm is between the cones and the brace, and an is air vent inside it.
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Bain, WIlliam W. & Bain, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an improvement of a silo that includes a sliding door, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Barker, Judge F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement.
Patent for a new and improved pruner. This design "has relation to that class of pruning elements in which a concave chisel-edge is formed in the upper end of the blade and one concave jaw of a pair of pruning-shears is formed at the lower end of the blade, while a saw is attached to one side of the blade and a pivoted jaw is attached to the lower end, operating together with the lower concave edge, and it contemplates certain improvements upon the pruning implement [of an earlier patent]" (lines 19-29).
Date:
August 17, 1886
Creator:
Bartly, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bassinger, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Bates, General Lowel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Machine
Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Baumgartner, Blassie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Pressure Regulator
Patent for a fluid pressure regulator which regulates the supply of steam and oil to an oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Beech, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1894 Penn Building on the Courthouse Square
Photograph of 1894 Penn Building on Main Street of the Courthouse Square in downtown Waxahachie, Texas.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1895 Ellis County Courthouse Clock Tower
Photograph of the 1895 Ellis County courthouse clock tower from the south. The clock tower is nine stories tall.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1895 Ellis County Courthouse Clock Tower and Eagles
Photograph of the clock and bell tower of the 1895 Ellis County Courthouse. A sculptures of eagles are perched on each side of the roof.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1895 Ellis County Courthouse Clock Tower Base and Eagle
Photograph of base of the tower and roof ridge, with an eagle sculpture perched on it, on the 1895 Ellis County Courthouse in downtown Waxahachie, Texas. A close up view of the detailed stone work on the tower base and one of the four eagle that grace the roof.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1895 Ellis County Courthouse Full View
Photograph of the 1895 Ellis County Courthouse in downtown Waxahachie, Texas.
Date:
October 6, 2007
Creator:
Bell, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History