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Car-Ventilating System. (open access)

Car-Ventilating System.

Patent for a railroad car ventilating system that does require opening the windows.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877] (open access)

[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877]

This document is a record of the sale of 39 acres of land, for fifty dollars, from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard. The main document was signed by John H. Traylor and the attached document was signed by clerk J.R. Morris.
Date: July 14, 1877
Creator: Traylor, John H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate that swings outward whenever it is unlatched that consists of an eye-joint that connects the gate to the post that turns vertically and horizontally, an extended toprail, a lever, and a pivot.
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Chadwick, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1884 in the amount of fourteen dollars and sixty cents. The orginal grantee was R.W. Boyce and the document was signed by B.W. Morris.
Date: January 14, 1885
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for a mattress-making machine that presses the material and forces it into a mattress. The mattress is "suitably held at one end of the machine, guide-strips being provided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattress straight and smooth while being forced into the tick" (lines 19-23).
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Bates, Frances Marian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Granbury (extra)] captions transcript

[News Clip: Granbury (extra)]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 14, 1981
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Outdoors] captions transcript

[News Clip: Outdoors]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 14, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Erath County, Block 5

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Erath County, Block 10

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Erath County, Block 15

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Erath County, Block 16

Parent map for Erath County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Erath County, Index

Index map for Erath County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:107,468.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 1

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 2

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 3

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 4

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 5

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 6

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 7

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 8

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 9

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 10

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 11

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hood County, Block 12

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History