Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Magnolia Cemetery]

Postcard of Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont with gate that says "Magnolia Cemetery." Printed at the top is "Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Texas." Printed on the back of the postcard is the following information regarding the postcard's creation: "9744."
Date: October 6, 1915
Creator: D. J. Hicks Book Store
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Perlstein Office Building in Beaumont]

Postcard of a six story white building with red and white striped window coverings, described as "Perlstein Office Building, Beaumont, Texas." A newspaper clipping is pasted on the back of the postcard, with the short message, "Is Jack this man? H. H. 11-6-11." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington D. C. 1906 Florida Ave."
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Group]

Photograph of a group of men and women posing outside of First Methodist Church. The people are identified as (first row, left to right) Mrs. O. B. Morris, Mrs. Bushong, Beth Palmer, Mrs. A. A. Miles, Mrs. Chester McDonald, (second row, left to right) The Reverend O. B. Morris, Mrs. W. H. Achey, Mrs. Francis Bushong Hoffpauir, Mrs. C. V. Palmer, Helen Gunn, Mrs. Cora Cann, (third row, left to right) J. H. Stevens, C. P. Gunn, C.V. Palmer, George Carter, Merle David, and N. J. Ader.
Date: May 6, 1917
Creator: Everett, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drilling-Machine (open access)

Drilling-Machine

Patent for a rotary drilling machine for drilling oil wells that has a stronger grip than previous drills.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Black, Lee J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cooler (open access)

Feed-Cooler

Patent for a feed-cooler "relates to driers, and more especially to those having vertical shafts; and the object of the same is to produce a machine for cooling and drying molasses feed, hot grain or any granular feed substance or material containing heat or moisture or both" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Josey, Jackson E. & Miller, Rudolph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for improvements to furnaces which use oil-fueled, stationary or locomotive boilers.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Wilson, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Tank (open access)

Safety Oil-Tank

Patent for improvements to safety oil tanks to prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Smith, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater (open access)

Heater

Patent for a new and useful heater design "particularly for heating the water in the circulating system of internal combustion engines, such as are used in automobiles" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History