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Harrow.
Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the revolving harrow-teeth and prong-wheels, of the centrally-hinged vibratory frame, carrying drag-hook teeth . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the harrow-frame . . . carrying the hook-teeth, of the pulley, chain, and lever" (lines 62-70).
Date:
March 20, 1883
Creator:
Lewis, Charles Patton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design utilizes "[t]he combination, with the bolt having a longitudinal groove therein, and the nut having a circular recess in its inner face and a series of perforations in its outer face, of the key having its inner end bent at right angles and fitted in said recess, and provided with an arm and pivoted catch at the outer end, which catch is adapted to engage with a perforation in the nut" (lines 47-55).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Mlinarich, Gioseppe Iosef Pepos
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Del Rio Record. (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1887
Weekly newspaper from Del Rio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 21, 1887
Creator:
Martin, George M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis #215]
Specimen of a Vitis plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889.
Date:
1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis #217]
Specimen of a Vitis plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889.
Date:
July 15, 1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis #218]
Specimen of a Vitis plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889.
Date:
July 15, 1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis #220]
Specimen of a Vitis plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Vitis; Lan Philipa [..]k, Del Rio, Texas."
Date:
July 15, 1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis cinerea #222]
Specimen of a Vitis cinerea plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Vitis Del Rio, Texas Munson & Hopkins, July 15, 1889."
Date:
July 15, 1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis #219]
Specimen of a Vitis plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Del Rio, Texas, 1889.
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Langtry, Texas Railroad Depot]
Photograph of the Railroad Depot at Langtry, Texas. It's a small building by the train tracks. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "During the time of Judge Roy Bean's Law West of the Pecos."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Del Rio Record. (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1890
Weekly newspaper from Del Rio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 5, 1890
Creator:
Easterling, W. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Young Child]
Photograph of an unidentified child sitting on a chair. Text on the back of the photo reads: Bertie Shell, A. C. Shell, Comstock, Val Verde County, Texas. 8-27-90 & 5-17-90.
Date:
[1890-05-17,1890-08-27]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design consists in "[a] gate-latch comprising a slotted-sleeve, a pivoted and spring-actuated latch-plate, and a bolt mounted to turn in the latch-plate and extend through the sleeve, and provided with a transverse pin" (lines 98-102).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Walker's Tool.
Patent for a new and improved track-walker's tool. This design "consist[s] of a sectional handle or body having a claw-bar and spiking-maul at one end and a wrench at the opposite end, the said wrench being provided with a stud upon one face, the distance between the outer face of said stud and the outer surface of the maul when the sections are joined together and the maul faces the stud being such as to correspond to the standard distance between rails" (lines 14-23).
Date:
December 2, 1890
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling "which will afford means to automatically connect cars and release them in a safe manner from the roof or side of a car" (lines 9-11) and to adapt the improved coupling for connection with one of the ordinary type, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Del Rio Record. (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Del Rio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 9, 1892
Creator:
Thomas, C. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Del Rio Record. (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 16, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Del Rio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 16, 1892
Creator:
Thomas, C. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Del Rio Record. (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Del Rio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1892
Creator:
Thomas, C. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for improvements in gate hinges, "the object being to provide hinges which will hold the gate in an open position." (Lines 9-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Hanger
Patent for a new picture frame with adjustable hanger. Patent for "a new and improved picture frame with an attached hanger to support the top and bottom of the frame at any desire angle" (lines 14-19) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new picture frame hanger design, including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Hymans, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Gate.
Patent for a swinging gate that consists of a supporting post, a gate, a hinge that connects the gate to the post, a rear bar, a hinge lever that connects the rear gate bar to the supporting post, an operating lever, cords or chains that connect the lever and the hinge lever, and a latching mechanism.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Billiard-Ball Holder.
Patent for a simple billiard-ball holder that is meant to "provide a means for holding the balls when not in use, so that they will not fall out of the holder to the floor, and means to provide for the tilting of the holder out of line, so that the balls will roll to the opposite end, and out of the opening into the triangle, thereby saving a good part of the time in taking the balls out of the holder" (lines 20-27).
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triangle for Billiard-Balls.
Patent for an improved triangle for billiard balls that consists of sides, movable doors on the bottom edge, a fixed guide on the side of the triangle, and springs to hold the doors.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History