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The Texas Historian, Volume 41, Number 2, November 1980 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 41, Number 2, November 1980

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Three crewmen die in crash of B-47] captions transcript

[News Clip: Three crewmen die in crash of B-47]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the mysterious crash of a B-47 from Biggs Air Force Base that left three men dead.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Three crewmen die in crash of B-47] (open access)

[News Script: Three crewmen die in crash of B-47]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the mysterious crash of a B-47 from Biggs Air Force Base that left three men dead.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Connally, November 13, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Connally, November 13, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Tom Connally inviting him to the annual Kempner family barbecue in Plantersville.
Date: November 13, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. R. Hare to U. S. Army Southern Department Commander, November 10, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from L. R. Hare to U. S. Army Southern Department Commander, November 10, 1918]

Letter and copy of a telegraph from Lt. Col. L. R. Hare to the commander of US Army Southern Department requesting a leave of absence so he can seek treatment for his acute rheumatism at hot wells in Marlin, Texas.
Date: November 10, 1918
Creator: Hare, L. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. This invention is a cultivator-plow designed for cultivating cotton, corn, potatoes, etc. into rows while at the same time cutting out grass and weeds. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Griffin, Tom & Howell, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Dressing. (open access)

Leather-Dressing.

Patent for improvements to "composition of matter for the stuffing or filling of leather and to soften and polish the same, and also to preserve the leather, and is particularly applicable as a dressing for harness, boots, shoes, and all leather exposed to the weather" (lines 9-14).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Jolly, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads. (open access)

Brace for Bedsteads.

Patent for a new and improved brace for bedsteads. This design has for its object "to provide an attachment for bedsteads whereby the side rails are prevented from springing outward or expanding from any cause, and thus allowing the slats to fall through" (lines 14-18).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Holmes, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "relates to that class of windmills in which semicircular wings are employed upon a vertical shaft; and it has for its object to provide simple and efficient means to govern the speed of the same, and also to throw the windmill into or out of operation when desired . . . A further object of the invention is to provide a windmill of the above-mentioned class which will possess merit in point of durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-21).
Date: November 6, 1888
Creator: Moore, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Portable Fences.

Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1873
Creator: Taylor, Byron L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History