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Granbury Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Cleburne High School Class]

Photograph of the Cleburne High School class sitting on the steps of the Central School Building in Cleburne, Texas. The men and boys are generally wearing suits with ties and the girls are wearing high-necked dresses or blouses. The accompanying materials identify the man standing at the top of steps as superintendent V. M. Fulton, the man sitting in the center front as teacher Emmett Brown, the man sitting in the lower right front as the school principal R. G. Hall, and the girl second from the left in the top row as Eleanor Wimberly.
Date: 1903~/1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Eighth Grade Class at the Central School Building, 1903]

Photograph of the eighth grade class at the Central School Building in Cleburne, Texas. "Eleanor Wimberly, March 13, 1903, Eighth Grade, Miss Vallie Holley, Tr." is written on the back. The girl on the far right of the top row is Eleanor Wimberly and the man standing at the right left of the back row is superintendent V. M. Fulton.
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for cultivator attachment that is useful in breaking up the soil at opposite side of the plants and leveling the ground between the rows. It can be adjusted to any desired angle (vertical, horizontal) or level (up and down).
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Brewer, John Meed
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide (open access)

Rein-Guide

Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus. (open access)

Pumping Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Jessie W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Mold. (open access)

Dental Mold.

Patent for dental mold, it is an improvement on patent no. 700855, by the same inventor. The improvement was to have open sides and large exit at the bottom of the lower neck of the mold, and a flask having a wide inlet in order to keep the molten metal from contact with the metal of the mold to avoid being suddenly cooled. (Lines 19-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Streetman, Willard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack (open access)

Display-Rack

Patent for a display rack.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Wilbanks, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bailing Press (open access)

Bailing Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Moore, James Solomon; Adams, Barnett V.; Roy, Ransom J. & Jack, I. Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers (open access)

Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers

Patent for a word counting attachment for type writers.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Coleman, James G. & Wilhite, Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. This invention is designed to not allow air in the burner proper except at the point of combustion. Illustration included.
Date: December 20, 1902
Creator: Murphy, Alfonso F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Frownfelter, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars (open access)

Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars

Patent for a metallic end yoke for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kimbrough, Sidney W.; Watkins, William E. & McCarley, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for a vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stites & Wilmore, S. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History