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Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1885-86
General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the present state, county and city governments; a complete list of all county officials, post offices, telegraph, express, and money order offices in Texas; also, an index of societies, associations, corporations, churches, educational institutes, the full name and address of all residents, their occupations or pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Also, a Valuable Map of the City."
Date:
1885
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Athol Estes Porter Autograph book
Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Date:
September 25, 1885
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
Date:
August 2, 1885
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Button and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved cuff button and holder. This design consists in "[a] cuff button and holder having in combination a shank-plate, two buttons, one attached at each end of the shank-plate, and a clamp-bar, one end of which is for attachment to the shirt-sleeve, and the other end having a device to couple with said shank-plate" (lines 1-6).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Stuart, John A. & Woodmansee, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bailing-Press.
Patent for Bailing Press including illustrations. The purpose of the bailing press was to improve "the bailing-press especially adapted for bailing cotton, which press is simple in construction, strong and durable, and operates rapidly" ( lines 9-12).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Clark, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "consists, primarily, in the combination, with a suitable bucket, of a removable stationary dasher and a staff loosely mounted to turn on said stationary dasher, said shaft having a series of radial wings or dashers at its lower end" (lines 15-21).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
McRae, James Armstrong
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kettle Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved kettle attachment. This design "provides an attachment to be used with the kettle, whereby the "boiling over" of the material and the consequent running of the same down the sides of the said kettle are prevented. The material that would ordinarily flow over the sides of the kettle and waste is by the use of [a] device . . . saved, and any and all danger of fire from the overflowing sugar in candy manufacture is prevented" (lines 11-20).
Date:
February 17, 1885
Creator:
Lamme, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "relates to improvements in the class of washing-machines commonly known as 'cylinder washing-machines,' and has for its object the production of a machine which will operate thoroughly and expeditiously, and without injury to the fabric, while at the same time it is light and inexpensive in construction and simple in operation; and with these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 10-20).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Ekman, Axel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Head-Light
Patent for improvements to locomotive headlights granted to John Robert McCormick in order to make the headlights movable by levers or gears.
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Hydralic Cement
Patent for invention is to utilize in rejected hydraulic matter such as decomposed limestone.
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Dimelow, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in gates of that class known as 'tilting and folding' gates, and is designed to produce a gate that will automatically lock itself when down and close the passage by means which will not interfere in the least with the operation of the tilting" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 4, 1885
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 15, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 5, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 19, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 19, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 19, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 2, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 9, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 16, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 23, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 30, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1885
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History