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[Tintype Portrait of Luana J. Pratt]

Tintype portrait of Luana J. Pratt wearing a dark dress with a white collar.
Date: April 1867
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tintype Portrait of Charles Clark Tolman]

Tintype portrait of Charles Clark Tolman. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Will Luana please accept this from her friend Charles."
Date: 1867~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Extracting Essences. (open access)

Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.

Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Improvement in Coffee-Pot.

Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 20, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ship-Viameter. (open access)

Improved Ship-Viameter.

Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
Date: August 27, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge. (open access)

Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.

Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date: October 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Grain-Meter. (open access)

Improved Grain-Meter.

Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History