Automatic Oiler (open access)

Automatic Oiler

Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Adams, Richard Field
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region I (East Texas) describing water sources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies for suppliers and counties, water conservation plans, drought response plans, financing of the plan, and the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes

Appendices for the water plan for Region I (East Texas) including water management strategies, water needs, water conservation methods, species of concern in the area, financing methods, and related reports.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet Seat Catch (open access)

Closet Seat Catch

Patent for a closet seat catch.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Alexander, Francis Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Drawing Tool. (open access)

Measuring and Drawing Tool.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable measuring and drawing tool that is easily adjusted and used to find bevels, pitches, degrees, and lengths in framing roofs. It has other purposes as well. "The invention consists of a plate in the shape of an eighth of an octagon having four sides, and a straight edge pivoted on the side plate and indicating thereon" (lines 14-17).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Allred, Lemuel O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices (open access)

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Unidentified Man]

Photo of an unidentified man
Date: 1900~
Creator: Anslley Bros Photographers
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[N.R. Royall]

N. R. Royall
Date: 1888
Creator: Bailey
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Woman]

Portrait of a woman with dark hair wearing a dark dress with a high collar.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bailey & Terry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Members of the Dilley Rifles Company]

Photograph of three members of the Dilley Rifles, Palestine. Back of photo identifies them as Warner Williams, Capt; George R. Howard, 1st Lt; and George McClintock, 2nd Lt.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Bailey & Terry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jane Pells]

Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1887
Creator: Bailey Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Couple]

Photo of an unidentified couple.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Bailey Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Woman]

Photo of an unidentified woman.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Bailey Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Netting Frame. (open access)

Mosquito Netting Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting frame. This design "consists of a mosquito-netting frame formed of two longitudinal rods removably fastened to uprights attached to the bedposts, and held by cords or wires passing from the outer ends of each of said longitudinal rods to the top of each upright. A transverse rod or bar is removably attached to the outer ends of said longitudinal bars or rods. . . . [The design] is simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient" (lines 9-18).
Date: March 8, 1881
Creator: Bailey, Alfred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Frame or Support for Mosquito Canopies. (open access)

Folding Frame or Support for Mosquito Canopies.

Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito canopies. This design consists in "the combination, with the fixed standards and the forwardly-projecting bearings, of the braces pivoted to [the] bearings and united by cross-bar, the short arms pivoted to the upper ends of the fixed standards, and parallel side-bars connected by cross-bars to form a rectangular frame to support the canopy or curtain and pivoted intermediate, respectively, in the outer ends of the short arms and brace" (lines 22-31).
Date: March 25, 1890
Creator: Bailey, Alfred Holt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mittie Royall Baker and Child]

Photograph of Mittie Royall Baker and child - Mittie Baker sits with her hands clasped in her lap, and she wears a dark dress with buttons along the front, a bow collar, and a corsage. The child stands with her legs crossed and her left arm propped against the leg of Mittie Baker; she wears a white dress with eyelet detail and tights. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mittie Baker, sister of J. P. Royale."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bailey, F. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. George Howard and two Unidentified Men]

A portrait photograph of Dr. George Howard (center) and two unidentified men standing in fake grass against a scenic backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bailey, F.B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1914 Building Plaque Listing County Officials

Photograph of the 1914 County Officials plaque on the brick wall of the courthouse in Anderson county, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson County Courthouse

Photograph of the east side of the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson County Courthouse

Photograph of the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas. The photograph was taken from State Highway 19S, offering a view of parked vehicles, trees, and a street leading toward the courthouse.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson County Courthouse Interior Artwork

Photograph of a historical photograph and a piece of artwork dedicated to Palestine, Texas. Photographs are in the first floor gallery of the Anderson County courthouse in Palestine, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson County Courthouse Plaque

Photograph of the 1914 Building Plaque for the Anderson county courthouse. The plaque notes that the architects were C.H. Page and Bro.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson County Palestine City Limit Sign

Photograph of a green city limits sign for Palestine Texas, the county seat of Anderson county.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

National Register Marker

Photograph of the National Resister marker for the Anderson county courthouse in Palestine, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History