P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): McMullen County, Block 1

Parent map for McMullen County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:32,000.
Date: November 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): McMullen County, Index

Index map for McMullen County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:98,256.
Date: November 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lifting Grapple (open access)

Automobile-Lifting Grapple

Patent for a device to hook to an automobile and lift either the front or the rear of the chassis off of the vehicle. To be used for ease of repair and maintenance to automobile motor.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Wood, Guy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve (open access)

Float Valve

Patent for a float valve. This invention is intended for stock watering tanks where by it ends the flow of water when the tank is full. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Clary, Edwin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a new and useful vehicle wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Pruitt, Andrew L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher and Wheel-Carrier. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher and Wheel-Carrier.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire-stretcher and reel-carrier, meant to make wire needed for fences easier to be ready at the builder's disposal and to stretch the wire to the correct amount of tension.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Pruitt, Andrew L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Singer. (open access)

Cactus-Singer.

Patent for a safer design of a portable flame gun, used for burning needles off cactus plants, with illustrations.
Date: November 13, 1887
Creator: Vacher, Ernest William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History