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387
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Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
White, Frank Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a draw head with a link opening, a pin opening that goes across the link opening and has two side recesses, a sliding head in the link opening, a spring that holds the sliding head in place, two lever arms in the side recesses, a catch block that the lever arms move, and an apparatus for raising the coupling pin.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Shwadlenak, August Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Surratt, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound.
Patent for "a fire and water-proof coating material adapted for application to wood and metallic roofing, boats, &c., to preserve the material from corrosion and render the same impervious to water." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Rook, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine.
Patent for improvement to hay pitching and stacking machines "to provide a device for pitching and stacking hay, the parts of which can be easily and quickly taken apart or adjusted, and which may be employed in making stacks of hay or straw" (lines 18-22).
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Donald, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from J. E. Silcrest to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 1, 1911]
Postcard from J. E. Silcrest to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The front is a picture of a city park. There is grass at the front and pathways going through the park. There is a flag sailing from a post on the right side and is surrounded by colorful flowers. The back of the picture and the left side of it are lined with trees. Shrubs are spaced out in front of the trees and form a border. On the back, Silcrest wrote that he was proud of their park.
Date:
May 1, 1911
Creator:
Silrest, J. E.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 139, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1894
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 235, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 1, 1895
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 1, 1894
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 207, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1889
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1889
Creator:
Leonard, J. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 1, 1895
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 287, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1897
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1891
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Roberts, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 147, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1893
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 254, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1891
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1891
Creator:
Roberts, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 252, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1892
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 173, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1893
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 306, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1896
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1892
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 1, 1892
Creator:
Roberts, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 228, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1896
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 306, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1891
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1891
Creator:
Roberts, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 122, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1892
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1892
Creator:
Roberts, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 336, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 1890
Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1890
Creator:
Leonard, J. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History