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Greenville Avenue, Elevated View 1927, Richardson, Texas
Elevated view of Greenville Avenue, looking south, probably from Main Street. In the foreground, on the right is a church with Polk St. behind it. On the left is the First United Methodist Church, which was built in 1898. One car is on Greenville Ave. A sidewalk runs along the right/west, side of Greenville Ave. In the background is Philips Street, with the Mount Calvary Baptist Church on the SE corner of the intersection, completed in 1886. The Richardson School building, opened in 1914, is on the SW corner. Greenville Avenue curves to the left/east at Philips. Numerous residences are also shown, as are utility poles.
Date:
May 5, 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons from Adam Hill for slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons (wife) from Adam Hill for $1200 for female slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter.
Date:
December 5, 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peruanos demonstraron seriedad civica
This article deals with Peruvian citizens who live in Dallas and voted in Peruvian runoff election. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date:
June 5, 2006
Creator:
Castillo, José L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Map of White Rock Lake]
Hand-drawn map of White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas showing the location of park entrances and buildings with print numbers for corresponding photographs. Some roads and railroad tracks are also noted.
Date:
November 5, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flooded Areas]
Photograph of a large body of water. Near the center of the photograph, there is a partially-submerged post-and-wire fence and trees running the length of the image. Trees are visible in the background and a patch of grass is visible in the foreground, at the edge of the water. Text on the back of the photograph says: "May 5 - 1935 2:15 PM. Taken from same point as No. 17 but looking North West."
Date:
May 5, 1935
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Placing Riprap on Fishtrap Road]
Photograph of men placing riprap on Fishtrap Road. In the photograph, men work on the side of the road. A car is passing by on the road, which is situated on the left. Handwritten note on back: "Placing riprap on Firsk Trap [sic] Causeway by men of the Transient Camp on Sept 5, 1935 Lake Dallas Denton County."
Date:
September 5, 1935
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Odom, Plesant W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for an inexpensive and simply constructed corn and cotton planter that has an "improved mechanism for transmitting motion from the drive-wheel to the seed-disk; to so construct said mechanism as to operate only when the planter is being advanced and to remain inoperative when being drawn backward; to provide for a change of speed for the seed-disk so as to plant close together or far apart as may be desired; and to provide a new and improved hood or protector for the gear connection between the drive-wheel and the power-transmitting mechanism, which hood may be readily cast and will preserve the mechanism at this point against the deleterious actions of dust and other gritty matter that would otherwise find its way therein" (lines 11-26).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway.
Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
de Voe, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "has for its object to furnish a combination tool which will wear or cut the harder grades or rock frequently met with in boring wells of this class, and also to furnish a tool which will be harder than the common steel too or auger, thereby dispensing with the necessity of taking out and sharpening" (lines 13-20). It consists in "[a] fluted hemispherical mass of corundum for boring Artesian wells, said mass being provided with cutting-edges which extend from the apex to the base, [and] a metallic core embedded within the mass" (lines 16-20).
Date:
April 5, 1892
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lattice.
Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
Date:
February 5, 1878
Creator:
Graves, Jefferson M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Separator.
Patent for improved grain separators or threshing machines "whereby vibrating straw-racks will be entirely dispensed with and the machine so simplified as to obviate the heavy jars and jerks of most grain-separators or threshing machines, while at the same time providing a construction of machine that will effectually separate the grain from the straw and will also keep the feeding end of the machine entirely free from dust, which is often a serious drawback to the operation of most machines of this character." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
McCue, John Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strainer for Coffee-Pots.
Patent for a strainer "by which the steam from the fluid coffee which has passed through the percolating-cloth to the base of the coffee-pot can rise above the strainer, there condense, and then return again through the strainer, thus causing a thorough extraction of the strength of the coffee" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
Massey, Andrew J. & Stallings, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sign.
Patent for a new and improved sign. This design consists in "the combination of a frame or bed and a transparent plate set in the same, having the letter-color or gilt on its inner face, and a filling applied upon its front face to form the margins of the letter . . . [and] the wooden body, provided with a recess, in its front face, of the strip of glass gilded, silvered, or painted on its back face and inlaid in said recess, and a filling on its front face to form the margins of the letters . . . [and] the separate pieces or panes of glass, one for each letter of the sign" (lines 84-101).
Date:
December 5, 1882
Creator:
Munn, Frank E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt
Patent for improvements in electric belts.
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Conveying and Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in cotton conveying and cleaning apparatus by using the combination of “a rearwardly-open feeder and a conveyer in position to receive cotton discharge at the rear of the feeder” (lines 103-105), as a result when a conveyer bring “cotton to the feeder, it would provide a branch in position to take up the cotton delivered by the conveyer” (lines 106-108) thus preventing undue accumulation of excess cotton and continuous movement of the cotton in all the parts. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Elam, William E.; Thomas, Robert S. & Hardwick, Saunie W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1893
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1891
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 5, 1891
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 5, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 5, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 5, 1895
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 5, 1895
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History