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["The Katy Flyer" passing Dallas Yard]
M-K-T Train No.6, The "Katy Flyer" slows through Dallas yard heading for Union Terminal behind a pair of Alco PA model 2000HP diesel electric locomotives on June 18,1953.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]
Frisco's "The Black Gold Champion" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Diesel locomotive No. 2022, arriving at Dallas Junction, which is the wye near Irving, Texas, on June 18, 1953.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3531, Chapter 1171
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the Dallas County district and county courts administration and court services.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in stilts.
Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1875
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for an improvement of the "construction and arrangement of the sulky-plow" (line 17-18).
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
Payne, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle "wherein a closed frame or box is employed that is formed with a smooth exterior surface to avoid contact with and injury to the animals on which it is used, and prevent the reins from contacting therewith, and dispensing with the use of a guard thereover; and at the same time producing a secure fastening that is applied to straps without the necessity of the employment of stitches or other modes of fastening" (lines 9-18).
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Punch
Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).
Date:
March 18, 1890
Creator:
Lane, Alvin V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Cutting Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved cloth-cutting machine. This design "relates to cloth-cutting apparatus, and particularly to that class wherein the fabric or other material to be cut is operated upon by revolving cutters; and it has for its object to provide devices of this character which may be enabled to cut the goods by a continuous forward movement of the said cutters" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Monday, Robert Owens
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to prevent the presser-foot from catching in the fibers of the material as the same is being sewed" (lines 13-15). It is "composed of a sheet-metal plate bent upon itself to form a loop and having an integral arm extending from the upper edge of the loop out of the plane thereof and having its free end concaved" (lines 93-97).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
Tynes, Minor E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automatic Vending and Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for an improved combined automatic vending and money changing machine. It has "a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change-delivery mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the article desired by him, and [a] mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms while the purchaser's said coin remains in the machine and adjusting bot of said delivery-mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of said coin" (line 1-10).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus for boring Artesian and other wells. It is meant to "provide simple, efficient, and durable means for expanding or spreading the reamer-blades after the bit-carrying devices have been lowered sufficiently to arrange the reamer-blades below the plane of the lower end of the tubular drill-rod" (lines 10-17). Water pressure is also used to remove the cuttings from the boring-blades. Sections of cable that suspend and lower drill-bit carrying parts into the drill-rod are supported, and sections of drill-rod can be attached and added to the drill-rod. The method of securing the reamer-blades to the reamer-stock is improved with this patent. The parts fit snugly together and prevent water from getting into the drill-rod.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag.
Patent for a mail-bag meant to "provide such bags or pouches with a secure, efficient, and durable fastening for the mouth which can be easily and quickly opened and closed" (lines 13-16).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Knight, Moses G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Trough.
Patent for a simple and durable stock-trough that feeds and waters stock and is easily cleaned. No wooden parts are exposed to the watering portion of the trough, and the invention will not injure the stock.
Date:
December 18, 1894
Creator:
Harry, Thomas C. & Harry, Hugh W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing and Gear-Covering for Agricultural Machinery.
Patent for a gearing and gear-covering for agricultural machinery that has "an improved bearing for the ground-wheel in which wear will be reduced to a minimum, and the parts readily maintained in proper relative alignment and position, and also to produce an efficient guard for the gearing, whereby cotton and corn-stalks, weeds, grass, and other foreign bodies, are prevented from engaging and clogging the same, and thus impede the free positive operation of the machine" (lines 22-31).
Date:
December 18, 1894
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snow Plow.
Patent for a new and improved snow plow. This design "is to facilitate the removal of snow from railway-tracks, and also to prevent the removed snow from being blown back upon the track" (lines 20-23).
Date:
July 18, 1882
Creator:
Grove, David E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker.
Patent for a fare box and change maker mean to improve on fare-receivers and automatic change-makers that "automatically deliver the correct change to a passenger or other person, who deposits in the machine a coin of greater value than is the regulation fare" (lines 16-19).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge.
Patent for design for a badge.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 18, 1893
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1891
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 18, 1891
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1894
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 18, 1894
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 18, 1895
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 18, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History