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[Clipping: {{{article title}}}] PCJKJ_02-68
Newspaper clipping of a photo of five men wearing leis and holding golf clubs, identified as golfers preparing for a practice round before the National Publinx Tournament.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes on Dry and Liquid Measures]
Handwritten notes with measurements and conversions on letterhead that lists various tonics.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check Receipt Book: 1920-1921]
Booklet of check stubs listing information about each check that was written and account balances.
Date:
1920-12/1921-12
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to W. H. Kuykendall - February 11, 1901]
Letter from John J. Click to Reverend W. H. Kuykendall discussing Click's conversion from Methodist to Baptist and asking for more information about a "Boy Preacher" that they have heard works with Kuykendall and would like to invite to their congregation.
Date:
February 11, 1901
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Blank, #2]
Printed legal document with blanks for detailed information and signatures, regarding the sale of rights to a patent for a quilting frame invented by John J. Click.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy Book of Letters by J. J. Click]
Book containing handwritten copies of letters written by J.J. Click as well as various items that were collected in the book including newspaper clippings, photos, and notes on scrap paper. Most of the pages in the book are blank.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Form Used as Scratch Paper]
Order form with the logo for "J. M. Wilcox & Son, Dealers in Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shingles, Paints, &c." that appears to have been used as scratch paper for math equations.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click]
Small ledger book containing personal notes and financial records, including lists of expenses, calculations, grocery lists, sketches, and other information.
Date:
1888~/1891~
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[List of Clothing Purchases]
Handwritten list of clothing items totaling $21.95 including suits and pants, and a list of shoes in various sizes (for Horace, wife, Laura, Minie, "old lady" and children). A tag is attached to the page printed with "Lot: 6266, Size: 37, Price: $6.50" and initialed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figure 1]
Framed patent illustration of a spring-based motor attached to the body of a bicycle with numbers labeling individual components of the invention.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Writing on Paper Bag]
Fat paper bag with the closed end cut off used as scratch paper for handwritten text: "6.50. 4.50. Wood work - Furniture repairing & carpenter Bench work done here. Work & price satisfactory."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to patent attorneys in Washington D.C. describing an invention for a windmill with a pump that he wants to submit for patent. He describes the specifications for the design and the models that he is sending with the text.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketches for Patent Illustrations]
Sketches of technical drawings to illustrate a patent; the first page is labeled "Part of -- John Jones Click's invention" with images labeled "Fig. 1" and "Fig.2." The last page includes notes about the dimensions and various measurements.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House Rental Receipt]
Receipt for the rental of a house for $2.50 per month.
Date:
September 16, 1871
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to C. A. Snow & Co. patent attorneys asking them to return his invention model when they are done with it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#1]
Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake]
Flyer advertising an automatic wagon brake, with an illustration and text about the brake and an offer to sell it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click Regarding a Patent]
Letter from John J. Click about an invention he is trying to patent, outlining the amount he is enclosing for various fees and asking for information about spring manufacturers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - March 8, 1900]
Letter from J. J. Click to John Major discussing a trip that Major is taking to Arkansas, regarding a possible business deal that can be made to sell a quilting-related invention of Click's.
Date:
March 8, 1900
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Click Children]
Photograph of two young children including an infant wearing a voluminous, light-colored dress, propped up in a chair that has ornate wickerwork (at left), and a young boy standing at right with one hand on the chair back. The boy is wearing a light-colored ruffled shirt tied with a large bow at the neck and light-colored short pants with dark socks and shoes. There is a patterned rug beneath them and a studio backdrop behind them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Matthews
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Infant B. J. Chambers]
Photograph of a young infant wearing a light-colored dress and tights, laying on a floral-patterned fabric. A handwritten label on the frame to the lower-right of the image says: "Betty Jean Chambers age four months.”
Date:
1926-03~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Young Betty Jean Chambers]
Photograph of a young child, identified as "Betty Jean Chambers, age - 3 months," wearing a light-colored dress and propped up in front of a backdop.
Date:
1926-02~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Partial Letter and Draft Text]
Draft text including the start of a letter to Mr. J.H. Major written at the top of the first page, with a separate text that starts on the second page and continues to the first page in the opposite direction of the letter text. The second page starts with the word "Precision" and provides a rambling discussion about the definition of "conglomerated" and appears to be an apology for criticizing someone else's work.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lon Poling to J. J. Click - March 4, 1900]
Letter from Lon Poling to J.J. Click, asking to sell Click's quilting invention in Alabama and Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date:
March 4, 1900
Creator:
Poling, Lon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History