Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for improvements “in wheel-tightening arrangements in which a cylinder with a conical-formed end works by means of a thread inside the hub, for the purpose of forcing the spokes to the outside and to tighten by these means the whole wheel, when the wooden parts of the wheel are shrunk together.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Pluck, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The First National Bank Uvalde (open access)

The First National Bank Uvalde

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains illustrations and stylized text of business name, with the names J. L. Dabbs, Prest.; W. W. Collier, Cashr.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History