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Refuse-Carrier Frame. (open access)

Refuse-Carrier Frame.

Patent for a support frame for devices that carry refuse from the saw mill to the burning pile, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1891
Creator: Zimmerman, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improved car couplings "of the Janney type, capable of readily coupling on short curved, and adapted to be either coupled or uncoupled without going between cars. A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the parts may be readily set for automatic coupling, or to prevent coupling." (Lines 13-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Armstrong, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 281, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1899 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 281, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1899

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 6, 1899
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 285, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1899 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 285, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1899

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 10, 1899
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1899 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1899

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 17, 1899
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 22, 1899 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 22, 1899

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Artificial Fuel (open access)

Process of Making Artificial Fuel

Patent for process of creating artificial fuel and the resulting product.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Steiner, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump. This patent claims improvements in the design of pumps used for oil or water.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Nevins, Ennis M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage. (open access)

Bandage.

Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hardee, Virginia E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Fort Thomas Men's Quarters]

Postcard of buildings behind a row of trees along the side of a one-way street. The bottom edge describes the scene as "Mens Quarters, Fort Thomas, Near Cincinnati, O." Below the description, the word "Sister" is written, and the postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFadddin Ave. Beaumont, Tex."
Date: March 25, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.

Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Well-Boring Machine. (open access)

Rotary Well-Boring Machine.

Patent for a rotary well boring machine, which has flexible joints to adjust to varying conditions.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James Alexander, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root Crop Harvester (open access)

Root Crop Harvester

Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Bourland, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Sawing Machine (open access)

Portable Sawing Machine

Patent for portable sawing machine. Illustration included.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Tevis, Noah Cap
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern. (open access)

Cistern.

Patent for a rain cistern, which can have oil put in it to prevent rust and sends out dirt from the cistern if it overflows.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Fischer, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men and Children by Whale]

Photograph of two men standing by the jaws of a dead sperm whale on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. Another man and two small children stand to the right, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: March 18, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Standing Around Whale]

Photograph of several men standing around a dead sperm whale laid on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. A wooden fence is visible to the right, and there is a coil of rope on the boards in the foreground.
Date: March 18, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cow at McFaddin's Ranch]

Postcard of a black cow tied to a post, surrounded by a wood plank fence. Beneath the photograph reads " "Calalo" - McFaddin's ranch - 3-22-11 J.D.M.
Date: March 22, 1911
Creator: J.M. Alileleell Guero
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Pipe Coupling. (open access)

Train-Pipe Coupling.

Patent for a train pipe coupling that holds tightly together.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Moss, Dexter W. & Olschner, Clarence E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drying-Machine (open access)

Drying-Machine

Patent for a drying machine for stone, clay and related substances that will not burn the materials.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Black, Lee J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling (open access)

Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling

Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Lorenz, Charley O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks. (open access)

Lightning-Protecting System for Oil-Tanks.

Patent for an improved system that is used for protecting oil tanks from getting struck by lightning and can get put on existing structures to ground them. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Gunthorpe, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor. (open access)

Process of Catalyzing Oil and Apparatus Therefor.

Patent for improvements to oil boiling & processing to preserve its hydrocarbon properties by converting high-boiling oils to low-boiling oils using a specific apparatus for vaporization and a catalyst reheating device, such as a chamber furnace.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Alexander, Clive M. & Taber Jr., George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Step Mold (open access)

Concrete Step Mold

Patent for concrete that when used multiple times will produce a flight of stairs.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Baldwin, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History