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Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple trunk strap fastener meant to "insure a strong tightening of the same without resorting to the old laborious method of buckling the strap about the baggage, while at the same time the invention also contemplates the employment of a specific arrangement of the strap about the article being bound therewith, in combination with the fastener proper whereby a stronger and more efficient strapping is effected" (lines 16-25).
Date:
June 12, 1894
Creator:
Webb, William James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 184, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1898
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 12, 1898
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 12, 1899
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 12, 1899
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 144, Ed. 1 Monday, September 12, 1904
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 12, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Sabine News. (Sabine, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Sabine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 12, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Device For Operating Sewing Machines
Patent for a hand device for operating sewing machines. This invention relates to hand driven sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Rapier, Mildred J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Girl With Basket of Yellow Flowers]
Postcard of a blonde girl wearing a white dress with pink ribbons placing yellow roses into a basket. "With Sincere Love," typed below the girl. The note on the back of the postcard reads, "You surely leave healed. With great love from Judell." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave Beaumont, Texas."
Date:
February 12, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of County Court House in Beaumont]
Postcard of a red brick three story building partially obscured by a large tree, described as "County court house Beaumont, Texas." A newspaper clipping of the word " "If-," is pasted to the back of the postcard, with the words "I only knew who Jack was. H. H. 11/12-11" written below. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington D. C. 1906 Florida Ave."
Date:
November 12, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roundabout Swing
Patent for a roundabout swing. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 12, 1912
Creator:
Jones, Oliver P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver.
Patent for a life preserver with features to support both a wearer's waist and neck.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Hansen, Carl Albert Edvard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straightening-Machine
Patent for an improved straightening machine to "straighten pipes, rails, and allied structures in an expeditious manner."
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Boykin, Burwell, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device.
Patent for fishing gear belt/straps that can be worn by fisherman to support fishing pole that it "may be temporarily held in fishing position with the hands free" (lines 11-12). Includes illustration of device in use.
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Drinkard, Kenton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandrel
Patent for Mandrel
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter
Patent for transplanters that allows fro greater ease in the removal of plants from hot beds, using an attached blade to easily cut through extended roots and provide enough accompanying soil for the plant.
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Frakes, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Appara
Patent for a lubricating apparatus used for internal combustion engines, whereby the lubricant or oil is forced, as by a pump, to a distributing tank containing oil under predetermined pressure, and from said tank permitted to drop by gravity or flow under pressure, as desired, to the elements of the engine to be lubricated.
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Shaw, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neches River: Beaumont, Tx.
Beaumont, Tx.
Date:
June 12, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neches River: Beaumont, Tx.
Beaumont, Tx.
Date:
June 12, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neches River: Beaumont, Tx.
Beaumont, Tx.
Date:
June 12, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Motor-Vehicles
Patent for an attachment for motor vehicles, specifically for Ford cars but compatible with any car, where the attachment prevents the reverse movement of the car's crank.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Daniel, Ulysses S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Lining Interlocking Building-Block.
Patent for interlocking building-blocks that allow for the formation of strong insulated and properly lined walls without the use of skilled labor and with or without reinforcements.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Merren, John Jay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Debris After Explosion]
Photograph of a distant view of the aftermath of an explosion of the Gulf Tanker "Venezuela" while loading high-test gasoline, on April 12, 1926. The damage to the tanker is visible, and there is debris on board. There is a stamp from Trost Studio on the bottom right corner.
Date:
April 12, 1926
Creator:
Trost Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Debris After Gulf Tanker Explosion]
Photograph of the aftermath of an explosion of the Gulf Tanker "Venezuela" while loading high-test gasoline, on April 12, 1926. The damage to the tanker is visible, and there is debris on board. There is a stamp from Trost Studio on the bottom right corner.
Date:
April 12, 1926
Creator:
Trost Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to her parents, April 12, 1926]
Letter from Edith Wilson Sutherlin to John and Sophia Wilson, on April 12, 1926. She is thankful they arrived home safely, and berates them for not asking for money when they nearly went broke.
Date:
April 12, 1926
Creator:
Sutherlin, Edith Hallie Wilson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Red Cross Truck]
Photograph of men and women in uniform standing by a Red Cross truck during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A building and trees are visible in the background.
Date:
May 12, 1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History