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DeWitt County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1853
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary survey of the entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes text on soundings and tides. "I no. 2." "No. 40."
Date:
1854
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels.
Patent for a new windmill using different parts to help regulate the sails and for folding and unfolding the sails, including illustration.
Date:
March 24, 1857
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using a cam-lever for operating the side of the press-box with two different application of power, including illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1858
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DeWitt County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1870
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DeWitt County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1870
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for an improvement in the design of corn cultivators, including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for "an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle wheels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will run with little friction." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1873
Creator:
Brown, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DeWitt County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1874
Creator:
Schmidt, V. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in washing machines. The shaping and components are meticulously detailed and indicate they play a part in the said improvement.
Date:
January 20, 1874
Creator:
Eberhardt, T. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ant-Destroying Apparatus.
Patent for "a new and Improved Apparatus for Destroying Ants" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1875
Creator:
Grafton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.
Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
Date:
September 5, 1876
Creator:
Bunker, Thaddeus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Directions to correctly adjust equipment on a horse]
Document of the directions given from the Tex Tan Western Leather Company on how to properly adjust the equipment on a horse. The infographic includes a picture of a horse and the equipment labeled on each part of the horses' body. Specific instructions and the use of each part of the equipment are also written in order to inform the reader of the uses and the effects of the equipment on the horse.
Date:
[1877..1939]
Creator:
Tex Tan Western Leather Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Sell Yourself Successful by Cliff Long]
Document of Cliff Long's "Sell Yourself Successful," a book regarding Long's attitude toward life. He shares his views on what he believes is successful in life as a salesman and wants to share what he has learned throughout his life. He believes people can become successful from any starting point as he was first a farm boy and then turned into a sales manager.
Date:
[1877..1939]
Creator:
Long, Cliff
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Tex Tan's Trees]
Document of an article from the Tex Tan Western Leather Co. about the different types of trees and the varieties of trees it can be covered by. The article explains the anatomy of a tree as well as the sizes and styles that can be provided for a horse. An advertisement of the costs of the trees is also present with the inventory being displayed as a wholesale item.
Date:
[1877..1939]
Creator:
Tex Tan Western Leather Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Three Rs and an L]
Document of a photocopied article written by John Furneaux regarding the leatherworking courses in Yoakum's high schools. The students receive school credit from the classes and have a high-interest rate for both boys and girls. After the students graduate from the course, the students will receive a kit of tools that will let them pursue their leatherworking skills in the future.
Date:
[1877..1939]
Creator:
Furneaux, John
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Unidentified photocopied images]
Document of three unidentifiable photocopied images on a page. The images are gray and faint but have a vague structure of buildings and machines. However, it is difficult to fully decipher the images due to their indeterminate shape.
Date:
[1877..1939]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Cuero Weekly Star. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 13, 1880
Creator:
Tucker, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope.
Patent for a new and improved envelope. This design calls for "a projecting flap, to which the postage stamp or stamps may be attached in such a manner that the said stamp or stamps may be canceled by perforation (or by means of a punch or otherwise) without danger of injuring the contents of the envelope" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Terry, James Doss
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger
Patent for structural improvement in machines used for boring post holes and wells with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Cudd, Decater P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cuero Weekly Star. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1880
Creator:
Tucker, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BED-BOTTOM
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in bed bottoms". The bed bottom fits any bedstead and it is cheap, portable, and durable.
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Pafford, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cuero Star. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Cuero, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1880
Creator:
Tucker, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History