Map (open access)

Map

Patent for a map of New Jersey.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Mayes, John F.
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
Lifting-Jack, Clamp, and Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Lifting-Jack, Clamp, and Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a device that combines three tools - a lifting-jack, a clamp, and a wire-stretcher all in one. It does so without sacrificing the functionality of any part.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: White, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Mamie Collins from D. W. Shivers, June 28, 1907]

Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins from D. W. Shivers in Irene, Texas with an illustrated picture of four girls all wearing dresses and rags on their head; the caption underneath says: "Little Gossips." The note on the back of the card says: "Hello how are you by this time. Didn't believe it did you?
Date: June 28, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mail Crane, Catcher, and Deliverer. (open access)

Combined Mail Crane, Catcher, and Deliverer.

Patent for a combined mail crane, catcher, and deliverer for trains, which can both drop off and pick up mail at the same time.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History