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UNT Libraries
48
Abilene Library Consortium
33
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8
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
7
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2
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2
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2
Rosenberg Library
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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Collection
States
Year
Month
Day
Language
Blind Stops.
Patent for a new and improved stop for blinds. This design "is to provide a convenient means by which blind-slats may be swung on their pivots, so as to open or close to the extent desired" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Vandervoort, Charles Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 133, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved bridle attachment. This design "consists of a contrivance of nose-clamping strap having end rings through which pass the ends of a chin-strap connected by reign-straps passing through rings of a head-strap of the attachment . . . the invention comprising also a connection of the martingale-straps with the rings of the nose-clamping straps . . . to powerfully check up the horse when required, and also to prevent rearing and plunging" (lines 9-20).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Massey, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplers, the object being to provide a coupler of simple and durable construction which may be coupled automatically, thus avoiding the inconvenience and danger incident to the use of the usual coupling-link or pin" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Freeman, Walter F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new implement "for planting cotton-seed, cultivating the soil, and covering the soil" (lines 14-15) and corn (line 61) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McCall, Duncan Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter
Patent for a machine used to plant cotton. Contains mechanisms for both plowing a furrow, planting seeds, and covering the seeds.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Carter, Edwards D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 193, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The El Paso Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Hinton, Richard J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 304, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Hanschke, Robert
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoop-Fastening for Buckets, &c.
Reissued patent for a a hoop fastening "to hold the hoops on buckets, barrels, kegs, and other like vessels in an effective manner, and to prevent them from dropping off when the vessel dries and shrinks" (lines 8-12).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Phillips, Hiram B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Norton, A. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 55, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine
Patent for a sewing machine "wherein the shuttle rotates...whereby the shuttle-thread at a certain time in each revolution of the shuttle is rewound upon the bobbin, which prevents the thread from twisting or untwisting" (Lines10-17).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McAllister, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 146, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 178, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freie Presse für Texas. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 329, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Daily German-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
Hanschke, Robert
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 105, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1883
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 5, 1883
Creator:
Norton, A. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History