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The Waller News (Waller, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Waller, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1927
Creator:
Adams, S. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Waller News (Waller, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1927
Weekly newspaper from Waller, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 28, 1927
Creator:
Adams, S. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "is to flexibly connect the metal plates or leaves of a three-leaved oil-press mat in such manner that when the mat with the bags of meal interposed between its leaves is subjected to pressure for the purpose of expressing the oil the parallelism of the leaves will be maintained and endwise shifting of the same prevented. A further object is to provide a fastening . . . which shall be stronger, more durable, and more positive in its functions" (lines 31-41).
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner and D. W. Kempner, April 03, 1948]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner and D. W. Kempner discussing how a person who had leased a majority of of acres they owned came into the office asking if there was any land to lease.
Date:
April 3, 1948
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waller County
Cadastral map of Waller County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes were added in various colors.
Date:
March 1880
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al and Larneatha Bowdre, July 14, 2015
Interview with Al and Larneatha Bowdre, retired couple from Prairie View, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bowdre discuss their childhood experiences, education, and raising their family in Texas. Mr. Bowdre also discusses his work as a volunteer firefighter.
Date:
July 14, 2015
Creator:
Bowdre, Al; Bowdre, Larneatha; Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Amy Boykin, July 9, 2015
Interview with Amy Boykin, retired educator from Prairie View, Texas. She discusses her childhood in Prairie View, her education, her employment at Bishop College and McKinney schools, experiences with racial discrimination in Texas, and her activism.
Date:
July 9, 2015
Creator:
Boykin, Amy & Bynum, Katherine
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - April 7, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated April 7, 1962 and sent from Camp Hebert near Hempstead, Texas, in which he describes some rumors that his regiment might be disbanded and what he plans to do about the situation.
Date:
April 7, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 2, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated February 2, 1962, speaking of his trip to Hempstead and asking her to write.
Date:
February 2, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 8, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated February 8, 1962 and sent from Camp Hebert near Hempstead, Texas, in which he describes his life at Camp Hebert in Hempstead, Texas and expresses his sadness that he cannot see her.
Date:
February 8, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - June 4, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated June 4, 1962, in which he talks about having to travel to Hempstead from Brenham and back and lets her know where to send her letters.
Date:
June 4, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 27, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated March 27, 1962 and sent from Camp Hebert near Hempstead, Texas, in which he describes some rumors that his regiment might be disbanded and asks her to take care of herself.
Date:
March 27, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, April 21, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing a conversation between the two, and mutual acquaintances.
Date:
April 21, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, June 4, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis. The first part discusses mutual acquaintances, and John's wishes that Emma will not forget their memories together. The second part, dated for "Wednesday eve", discusses his and Miss Genie's relationship, what Miss Genie thinks of Emma, and Emma not feeling well.
Date:
June 4, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, September 3, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing mutual acquaintances, John feeling ill, and crops.
Date:
September 3, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Brittain, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to press for making bales of hay.
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Chidester, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "has for its object to provide a motor of the class . . . that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and general efficiency; and to these ends [the] invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 17-23).
Date:
September 30, 1884
Creator:
Chilton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for an automatically inflating tire which allows the tires to be inflated evenly at all times. "Should the air escape from the tire due to a puncture or leak the rim will be prevented from injuring the tire casing, as said casing will be prevented from becoming deflated" (lines 17-21). Motorists will no longer need to drive on flat tires waiting for repairs.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Cooper, Jowel Cecil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Davison, Israel D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dinkins, James Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1868
Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1868
Creator:
Elliott, B. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History