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Seeder (open access)

Seeder

Patent for a seeder. This invention relates to seed dropping mechanisms for corn planters. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Mouser, Robert H., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poll Tax Receipt] (open access)

[Poll Tax Receipt]

Poll tax receipt for $1.75 received from A.M. Avant on January 30, 1908 in Pleasanton, Texas.
Date: January 30, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie. (open access)

Package-Tie.

Patent for a package tie for packages of mail, which holds securely and is easily undone by pulling from both ends.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Sharpe, Edmund L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of Coughran, Atascosa County, Texas.

Map shows tract numbers and property boundaries in the Coughran Plat in Atascosa County, Texas. Scale not given.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from T. F. Ragsdale to W. J. Bryan, August 21, 1913] (open access)

[Telegram from T. F. Ragsdale to W. J. Bryan, August 21, 1913]

Telegram from T. F. Ragsdale to W. J. Bryan asking him to count counties Medina, Atascosa, and Frio if he runs for an election.
Date: August 21, 1913
Creator: Ragsdale, T. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in insect destroyers and more particularly to that class especially adapted to the extermination of boll-weevils" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Nail, Louis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing by Lithography (open access)

Printing by Lithography

Patent for improvements in lithography printing that further help reproduce worn or difficult engravings, as well as transfer and make impressions into engravings with slight loss of effect, while also providing a means in which the engraving or stone can be prepared expeditiously and inexpensively. (lines 10-25)
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Ray, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Construction. (open access)

Railway Construction.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Railway Constructions" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Oliver, Lavan; Oliver, Tilden B. & West, Gorge W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo Construction (open access)

Silo Construction

Patent for silo, with walls constructed out of plastic,
Date: January 16, 1917
Creator: Pierson, Ludvig B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Tubular Articles. (open access)

Mold for Tubular Articles.

Patent for an improved mold for making concrete tubular casings for dug wells with opposite grooves so the casings can be connected together when used, with illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Schuettig, Emil A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Atascosa Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Atascosa County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red ink and pencil. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1919
Creator: Von Rosenberg, E. & Davis, Grady W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch (open access)

Railroad-Switch

Patent for a railroad switch that is easier to use and more effective than the "common stub switch" (lines 10-11), thereby reducing damage.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Cuellar, Samuel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Stretching and Securing Wire. (open access)

Method of Stretching and Securing Wire.

Patent for a "new method of stretching and securing wire" (line 6).
Date: April 27, 1920
Creator: Coulter, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Pump (open access)

Oil Pump

Patent for an oil pump that may be attached to a barrel or container and dispense liquid in predetermined quantities.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Hughes, Stanley R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a puzzle made of interlocking blocks that are attached by a cord through holes in the blocks, that, when fully assembled, forms the shape of a Chinese cross.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitsett Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1930
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Falls City Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1931
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tordia Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1931
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tordia Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1931
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flyer for the Eva Jessye Choir for "Porgy and Bess"]

"The Eva Jessye Choir" flyer for a Fine Arts Series performance in 1938.
Date: January 12, 1938
Creator: The New York Theatre Guild
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the sanctuary of the Church of Christ in Poteet, Texas]

Photograph of the sanctuary inside the Church of Christ in Poteet, Texas. The room has wood flooring, paneled walls, and a tiled ceiling. Rows of wooden pews lead to a small altar centered at the front of the sanctuary. A table cloth and a bouquet of flowers sit on the top of the altar. Curtains hang on either side of a landscape mural painted above a raised, recessed area behind the altar.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of the sanctuary of the Church of Christ in Poteet, Texas, 2]

Photograph of the sanctuary inside the Church of Christ in Poteet, Texas. The room has wood flooring, paneled walls, and a tiled ceiling. Rows of wooden pews lead to a small altar centered at the front of the sanctuary. A table cloth and a bouquet of flowers sit on the top of the altar. Curtains hang on either side of a landscape mural painted above a raised, recessed area behind the altar.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Schattel Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1940
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History