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Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Orden, Charles Van
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car for Pneumatic Railways.
Patent for a car for pneumatic railways meant to "provide a car especially adapted for the [air-]tube, the same being constructed with track-wheels in the central line of the cars" (lines 12-15). It is also "a double car divided lengthwise centrally by a partition-wall, through which communication may be had between a car-section - that is, between the double car within the same - and to provide each end portion of this double car with a door" (lines 17-22). There are two track-wheels above the below the car and one above.
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Rush, Cicero Alonzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster.
Patent for a new and improved caster. This design consists in "the combination of a caster having an elongated stem provided with upper and lower annular supporting-shoulders, a poison-receptacle having a central opening in its bottom to receive the stem and provided with a central vertical tube having a top provided with an opening receiving the stem, said receptacle being supported by the lower shoulder, and a concavo-convex shield supported by the upper shoulder and arranged over the mouth of the receptacle and provided with a filling-orifice and having a pivoted cover" (lines 82-93).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Gordon, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a simple and durable churn that quickly makes butter. The butter is churned by pumping a lever, which is connected to a strap that is wrapped around a rod, the rod goes into the container holding the cream and has hoops attached to it inside the container, and the pumping action makes the hoops quickly move back and forth.
Date:
May 29, 1894
Creator:
Bolding, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stand Pipe in Terrell, Texas]
Copy photo of a stand pipe in Terrell, Texas. There are buildings visible in the background. Written on the bottom of the photo is "Stand Pipe, Terrell." Written below the image are "Scenes along the T&P 1895-1896" and "T&P."
Date:
1895/1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kaufman County
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1897
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eva Stirman]
Cabinet card photograph of a young woman wearing a long sleeve floral patterned dress with lace around the collar and belt. She wears a small corsage on her chest. Half of her hair is pulled back, and she has short curly bangs. She stands with her hands behind her back, and looks slightly to the side of the camera. The photo has stains throughout. At the bottom of the card is the studio imprint, which reads, " Peery, Photo. Kaufman, Texas." An inscription on the back reads, "Cousin Eva Stirman / February 2[illegible], [illegible]."
Date:
February 1892
Creator:
Peery
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1892 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1892 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1892 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1892 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kaufman 1894 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 9
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 5
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 7
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 8
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1897 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terrell 1892 Sheet 5
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Forney] 1896 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of [Forney] in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance. Scale 50 Feet to an Inch
Date:
August 1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History