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Wagon-Brake.
Patent for "a brake which is quickly applicable to any form of wagon and which is attached to the wagon-gear only and has no connection with the body of the wagon, thus allowing the wagon-body to be entirely removed from the bolsters without interfering with the action and operation of the brake mechanism." (Lines 10-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freight And Grain Car
Patent for "freight-car which shall be simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and which shall, by virtue of its attachments, be capable of instant transformation from a car for transporting grain, cereals, and similar loose substances in bulk toa car for transporting miscellaneous dead freight" (lines 17-24).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Butz, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout, March 6, 1899]
Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout about her daughter, Junia. She told him how she found the name and that she named her daughter that because she could convince no one else to use that name for their child. She ended her letter by writing that she had gone to Austin, Texas because she was interested in the Girl's Industrial School. Included is an envelope addressed to "Judge J. P. Osterhout."
Date:
March 6, 1899
Creator:
Dabbs, Ellen Lawson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bed.
Patent for a bed that is collapsible and portable but still safe and sturdy. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Dodge, Israel A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Looping Tool.
Patent for improvements in wires tightening tool by using a frame in the shape of a lyre and a hollow screw-shaft mounted on the frame. A twister-rod arranged within the shaft which having a hook at one end and a polygonal head at the other. A hand-lever is adapted to operate the shaft and rod in order to twist a wire. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curling-Iron Heater.
Patent for "an improved attachment for gas burners or lamps, which will be adapted to facilitate the heating of curling irons or other light articles" (lines 8-11).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Fowler, Samuel O. & Taylor, Walter R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Valve for Steam Engines.
Patent for improvements in rotary valves, including illustrations.
Date:
January 6, 1891
Creator:
Grant, Samuel, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Grapevine Sun. (Grapevine, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 6, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Grapevine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 6, 1898
Creator:
Keeling, J. E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. Lasker to Mrs. Kempner, April 17, 1894]
Letter from M. Lasker to Mrs. Kempner discussing her great bereavement and having supporting friends.
Date:
April 6, 1894
Creator:
Lasker, M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ahavath Sholom Minutes]
Handwritten list of the thirty one members of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in 1895 in Fort Worth, Texas. The front of the document lists the members of the congregation, and the back of the document lists the officers. When the list was created, Ahavath Sholom was the only synagogue in Fort Worth.
Date:
October 6, 1895
Creator:
Levenson, Ben
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Yiddish Minutes]
Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The minutes discuss a legal dispute with a "chazzan," or a prayer leader who sued the congregation.
Date:
October 6, 1895
Creator:
Levenson, Ben
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Dredging-Machine.
Patent for "an improved device for the excavation of material from the bottoms and sides of channels or other water ways; and has for its object to provide a novel machine of the type indicated, which will afford means to rapidly loosen earth or gravel below the surface of a water course, mix it with water, and subsequently transfer and discharge the débris upon the shore of the stream or within a floating receptacle, as may be desired" (lines 8-18).
Date:
June 6, 1893
Creator:
Robbins, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines
Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
Date:
March 6, 1890
Creator:
Wallerich, Nicholas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for an improvement in medicinal preparations by combining Mexican sarsaparilla, broom-sage, alcohol and sugar to treat yellow fever, chills and fever, diphtheria, and other diseases; exact amount of the ingredients and instructions on how to mix them are detailed in the patent. No illustration.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
White, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 145, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 176, Ed. 1, Sunday, April 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 206, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 206, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 237, Ed. 1, Friday, June 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 237, Ed. 1, Friday, June 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 298, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 328, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 357, Ed. 1, Monday, October 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 6, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 6, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History