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[Transcript of report made by Moses Austin Bryan, October 13, [1835]]
Copy of transcript for a report made by Moses Austin Bryan on movements of the Texas military.
Date:
October 13, 1835
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1861
Creator:
Eastham, A. S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wharton County
Cadastral map of Wharton County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some boundaries are marked in color.
Date:
September 21, 1865
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frederiksen Family Portrait
Studio portrait photograph of the Frederiksen family in front of a blank backdrop. An ornate table has been added on the right, on which one of the children sits. The man on the far right has been identified as Andrew C. Frederiksen. His first wife, Karen Marie Tarina Frederiksen, stands on the left with her right hand around the shoulder of Thora Marie Jorgine 'Doris" Frederiksen, her daughter. Her second daughter, a slightly older girl sitting in a small chair between her parents, has been identified as Olivia E. Frederiksen. Lastly, their son, Auderman Frederiksen, stands in the back with his left arm resting on his father's shoulder. There is a hand-written note on the back of the photograph but it cannot be read with certainty.
Date:
1869/1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wharton County
Cadastral map of Wharton County, Texas including the Gulf Coast region.
Date:
1871
Creator:
Klappenbach, L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wharton County
Cadastral map of Wharton County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes were added in different colored inks. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1871
Creator:
Klappenbach, L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wharton County
Cadastral map of Wharton County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some boundaries are marked in color and several features are noted, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1878
Creator:
Meyer, C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood.
Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Bat
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wharton County
Cadastral map of Wharton County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some boundaries and bodies of water are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton scraper. This design "is to provide an improved corn and cotton scraper for turning or shovel plows for the cultivation of cotton, corn, and other plants, which is adapted to be attached to the beam of the plow without weakening the same by cutting or boring. The scraper is so arranged as to be adjusted either to the right or left, as desired, and up and down, on a central slotted foot-piece, by means of which the line of draft on the blade of the scraper is at all times the same as that on the beam of the plow" (lines 14-25).
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Adams, William Hinyard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quarterly Occupation Tax Receipt Number 164
Quarterly occupation tax receipt given to P. B. Bundick of Matagorda County in Texas for his occupation of Ferryman. Mr. Bundick paid a total of $2.62 in state and county taxes for this particular quarter. The transaction was confirmed by the comptroller of public accounts, Jno. D. McCall, whose signature can be seen on the bottom right corner.
Date:
1887-10/1888-07
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for a new and improved insect destroyer. This design consists "[i]n a poison-sprinkling machine, the combination, with the wheels mounted on stub-axles, with vertically-adjustable rotary sifters in the rear operated by the wheels, of an arched frame connected to said axles, said frame having thills secured thereto, and an arched yoke having its ends bent outward to form neck-yokes and secured to the outer ends of said thills, and draft-arms secured to the sides of said thills" (lines 59-68).
Date:
January 24, 1888
Creator:
Rives, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hans Nickolas Hansen
Bust portrait postcard of a man identified as Hans Nickolas (Nicole) Hansen. He is in front of a light-colored backdrop wearing a bow tie and suit jacket over a light-colored shirt. Because of a probable mistake in the way the postcard was developed, there is a large black mass that covers the bottom part of the image. On the back, the postcard has been addressed to "Mrs. Gertrude Hansen" at "D & R, El Campo, Texas 77437 63-4330 C."
Date:
1890/1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. C. Evers and Family
Studio photograph of J. C. Evers and his family posing in front of a light-colored backdrop and a set of pulled curtains. J. C. Evers himself is sitting on a chair on the far left. He wears a three-piece suit with a dark tie. A young woman is behind him on the right wearing a turtleneck top with a dark, belted skirt. Two children are in the middle, a girl and a boy; presumably siblings. A fourth person, an older woman dressed in dark clothing, is seated on the far right in a wicker chair. The photograph has been pasted on a stiff, cardboard matte surface that is chipping on the top left corner. Hand-written text on the back of the photograph reads, "From Abelona Wind Harton. Friends with family in Danevang. Evers lived in 424 East corner of second [difficult to read] from right."
Date:
1890/1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mr. & Mrs. H. P. Jensen
Copy print of an oval picture frame with a photograph inside it of husband and wife Hans Peter Jensen and Maren Jensen. The frame has ornate floral motifs on the top, bottom, and sides, as well as beveled edges and a continuous pattern of decorative circle reliefs running near the edge of the frame glass. The man and the woman in the photograph are both dressed in formal attire. The man wears a blazer and a waistcoat. The woman wears a light-colored, tied neck-piece over a dark-colored top.
Date:
[1890..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Community Hall
Postcard of exterior of the Danevang community hall. Five cars are parked outside, within the confines of a small chicken wire fence. A small secondary, adjacent, single-story structure lies just to the right of the community hall. There are a series of three tombstones a few feet from each other in front of the building. On the back of the postcard, hand-written text in blue ink reads, " No 10 from Helga Thyssen for archives".
Date:
1894/1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
G. C. Gifford, Dealer in Steer Cattle
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains cattle illustration, decorative designs, and stylized text of business name with text reading: "Pierce Station, Texas," in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts, Lith.
Date:
1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wharton 1894 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wharton in Wharton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four Danevang Homes
Postcard of a composite image of four homes belonging to the Danevang family. They are all two-story structures but vary in architectural details, number of windows, construction materials, and landscape elements. The two on top look to be more suburban in setting, while the two on the bottom appear to be located in a rural environment. There is no addressee on the back of the postcard, but various notes have been written on it. Rough, black patches of paper remain from wherever it was torn out of.
Date:
1895/1995
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Large Group of People at Tres Palacios Creek]
Copy negative print of a large group of people posing for the photograph at Tres Palacios Creek in East Danevang, Texas. There is a small dog in the foreground to the left, and several children on the right in the bottom rows. Large trees tower over them casting shadows. There is a man in the very back row holding an American and Danish flag on each hand over his head. There is a second American flag to the right held by a man near a tree trunk.
Date:
1896/1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Davidson & Davidson, Physicians and Surgeons
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with text the names J. C. Davidson; G. L. Davidson.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. H. Pierce, Stock-Raiser and Cattle Dealer
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, cattle illustration, and business name in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "a lock of novel construction wherein the keyholes at opposite sites of the door are placed out of alignment for preventing children, servants, and curious persons from looking or listening through the keyhole." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Oleson, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support.
Patent for an improvement in bicycle supports that can be attached to any bicycle and supports it at an upright or near-upright position.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Norelius, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History