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[Abilene 1884 - Looking Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the northwest at several homes and other buildings in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Looking West Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the west northwest at houses and barns in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Sycamore Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1884 overlooking the Sycamore Street area. Covered wagons are seen behind a building.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine. (open access)

Adding-Machine.

Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date: February 12, 1884
Creator: Barmore, Albert King
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bench Hook. (open access)

Adjustable Bench Hook.

Patent for a new and improved bench hook. This design "consists in a bench-hook constructed with a plate carrying a sliding bar, to which is adjustably secured a hook. The sliding bar and hook are locked in place by a clamp and cam attached to the plate, and the plate and its attachments are locked to the bench-front by a stationary lug attached to the plate, and a moveable lug attached to a lever pivoted to the said plate and locked in place by a cam, so that the said hook can be readily adjusted upward, downward, forward, and backward" (lines 20-30).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cooper, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book Support. (open access)

Adjustable Book Support.

Patent for a new and improved book rest. This design consists "of an upright pivoted in a support or base, a sliding lower supporting cross-bar, an upper sliding supporting-bar, both bars having sockets upon their rear sides sliding upon the upright and provided with set-screws, and leaf-clamps consisting of a piece of spring doubled at one end to form slides sliding upon the arms of the upper cross-bar, forming curved yielding portions, forming transverse eyes at the other ends, having flat blocks hinged at the said eyes, and provided with thumb-pieces" (lines 72-83).
Date: November 25, 1884
Creator: Johnson, William Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device. (open access)

Advertising Device.

Patent for a new and improved advertising sign. This design "consist[s] in the fixed staff or upright having pulley, bent rotary vane having the opening, and adapted for the display of advertisements, inside [the] bent rotary vane, and the governor adapted to regulate automatically the speed at which the vanes are to revolve" (lines 68-80).
Date: February 19, 1884
Creator: Carly, John Wesly
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Abilene - 1884]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down on houses in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aguascalientes.

Map shows late nineteenth century state boundaries, railroads, major roads, mines, cities, villages, and haciendas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,200,000].
Date: 1884
Creator: Garcia Cubas, Antonio
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alaska.

Map shows coastal detail, cities, towns, military posts, villages, notable geographical features, and rivers in Alaska and adjacent portion of the Dominion of Canada. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset: [Map of the Aleutian Islands]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:10,310,000].
Date: [1884..1904]
Creator: Fisk & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [35], Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [35], Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 8, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [39], Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [39], Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, February 29, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, February 29, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 29, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [3], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [3], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [4], Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [4], Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [5], Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [5], Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History