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79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 276, Chapter 266 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 276, Chapter 266

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to authorizing The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler to offer courses and degree programs in allied health and related fields.
Date: June 1, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for "washing-machines known as self-regulating machines; and consists in the arrangement for controlling at will the amount of pressure to be used, in combination with the construction of the feed and washing rollers." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1873
Creator: Rowland, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Harness (open access)

Safety-Harness

Patent for a harnesses for horse-carriages designed to enable the instant detachment of the horse. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1872
Creator: Ellis, Ira
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine (open access)

Steam-Engine

Patent for a steam engine, improving on the original design so as to "provide a steam-engine having few parts so as to avoid the use of eccentrics, slide-valve, valve-rod, piston and connecting rods, stuffing-boxes, and glands, thus increasing the actual power by decreasing the friction" (lines 26-31).
Date: January 1, 1889
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate. (open access)

Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.

Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Berry, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable and Adjustable Roller. (open access)

Detachable and Adjustable Roller.

Patent for a new and improved hand-truck. This design consists in "the combination, with the sections . . . arranged parallel to each other and adapted to have a combined longitudinal and lateral motion with reference to each other . . . rollers located upon the under side of said sections, and the spurs on the upper faces at each end, of the braces . . . located, respectively, upon the lower and upper faces of the device and diagonally across the same, and pivoted at each end to said sections . . . the openings provided on said sections, and the dowels on said sections" (lines 68-80).
Date: October 1, 1889
Creator: Delany, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1909 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1909

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1909
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 104, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 1, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 1, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 1, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 79, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1910 (open access)

Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 79, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1910

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1910
Creator: Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Reporter. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1861 (open access)

The Tyler Reporter. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1861
Creator: Douglas, J. P. & Hamilton, H. V.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

State departmental map.

Map shows major highways, cities, towns, counties, lakes, rivers, and national parks. Insets: "Beaumont Area," "Dallas - Fort Worth Area," "Greenville - Paris Area," "Houston Area," "Lower Rio Grande Valley Area," "San Antonio Area," and "Tyler - Mount Pleasant Area." Scale: [ca. 1:704,000 and 1:1,408,000].
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Texas. Transportation Planning Division.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 (open access)

The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1

Lithograph of an original newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included are camp, local, state, and national news articles; poems; advertisements; and a map of "Ford-Borrough." The manuscript was originally hand lettered and illustrated on unruled letter paper.
Date: March 1, 1864
Creator: May, William H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Boarding Apparatus (open access)

Weather Boarding Apparatus

Patent for an apparatus to properly space and hold in position weather boards. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Spear, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Henderson, Thomas & Stapp, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1932 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1932

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1932
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1937 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1937 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1937

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1929 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 1, 1929
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1929 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 1929
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1933 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1933

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1933
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1929 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1929
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1930 (open access)

The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1930

Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1930
Creator: Edwards, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History