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Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing Device
Patent for an automatic computing device that can calculate the price of goods and be used to take inventory of stock.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Miracle, Meredith W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms
Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date:
June 18, 1912
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Standefer, Henry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Halstead, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
C. P. Schulze, Sr., by His Car
C. P. Schulze, Sr., stands beside his automobile. Schulze purchased one of the first automobiles in the city of Irving, c. 1912.
Date:
1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
C. P. Schulze, Sr., Otis Brown, and Fred Joffre in Schulze's Car
C. P. Schulze, Sr., Otis Brown, and Fred Joffre (in back) sit in Schulze's new Hupmobile. The house in the background is Otis Brown's house on Iowa Street (today 327 S. O'Connor Road). Brown built the house in 1905.
Date:
1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1912
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
July 19, 1912
Creator:
Risien, John T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912
Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
August 2, 1912
Creator:
Risien, John T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's dress
A) Infant's dress of white batiste cotton. Yoke has rounded neckline with tatted lace and floral embroidered inserts. Short puffed sleeves are trimmed in tatted lace. Skirt has insert of floral embroidered batiste between two rows of tatted lace; pin tucking above inserts and at ruffled hemline trimmed with tatted lace. Center back opening with snap closure; snaps missing. Unlined. B) Slip of white batiste cotton. Sleeveless with wide rounded neckline; bordered in tatted lace. Bodice embroidered in floral pattern with embroidered bow at the center. Gathered waist. Skirt with tucks and insert of tatted lace and tatted lace at hem. Center back closure of four mother-of-pearl buttons and button at each shoulder (buttons at shoulders missing).
Date:
1912
Creator:
Rowland, Carrie M.
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combined Heater and Radiator
Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Feeder.
Patent for cotton feeders to facilitate the replacement of feed rollers without damage to the cotton feeder and be disposed of efficiently, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Marshel, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller
Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Marshel, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counting Attachment for Type-Writers
Patent for a counting attachment for type writers that provides signals when various word counts are reached.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Walker, Jack L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Pass-Books
Patent for a cover for a passbook with a transparent cover to view the book.
Date:
July 29, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus Page
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing
Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple.
Patent for a cultivator hopple for adjusting the beams of a cultivator.
Date:
April 2, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Fletcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Holding Trolley-Poles on Wires.
Patent for a device for holding trolley poles on wires.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Van Cleave, William F. & Woodall, Anderson T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device
Patent for a combined folding desk, blackboard, scroll, and map cabinet to be used for educational purposes. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrostatic Separator.
Patent for an electrostatic separator for various particles.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet Unit
Patent for a filing cabinet unit. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Firemen on Steps of Courthouse]
Photograph of seven men standing on the courthouse steps wearing dark firemen uniforms.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History