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Autographic Register. (open access)

Autographic Register.

Patent for a device to register fares in situations where passengers pay to be transported from one location to another, specifically by train. The fare-collector needs a way to have accurate receipts as fares are collected. The invention is a "small portable ticket-holder and registering device (lines 38-39), that issues valid tickets "which will enable a conductor to keep a correct current amount of fares as received as well as a record of tickets sold and mileage traveled on same" (lines 41-45), and prevents dishonesty in fare-collectors.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Bond, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Vault (open access)

Burial-Vault

Patent for an air and moisture proof burial vault which can also expel gases. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Die Gemeinden Des Texas Distrikts Der Missouri Synode (open access)

An Die Gemeinden Des Texas Distrikts Der Missouri Synode

Document written in German, concerning the Texas districts of the Missouri Synod.
Date: March 3, 1925
Creator: Texas District
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hillsboro Cotton Mill Co]

Photograph of the Hillsboro Cotton Mill Co (located at N Houston St) in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: July 3, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 1821-03]

Photograph of a historic property located at 400 Craig in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: May 3, 1983
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 3, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1906 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1913 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 3, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff, October 3, 1927] (open access)

[Letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff, October 3, 1927]

Handwritten letter from H. C. Gaertner to R. Osthoff, delivering requested documents.
Date: October 3, 1927
Creator: Gaertner, H. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Gramm] captions transcript

[News Clip: Gramm]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 3, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Malone … Gainesville] (open access)

[News Script: Malone … Gainesville]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the municipal elections in Malone and Gainesville.
Date: April 3, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shivers testifies] (open access)

[News Script: Shivers testifies]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former governor Allan Shivers testifying against B.R. Sheffield for his part in the Kinney County land scandal.
Date: February 3, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Old Cotton Mill]

Photograph of the Old Cotton Mill in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: December 3, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Cotton Mill]

Photograph of the Old Cotton Mill in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: December 3, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History