Composition of Matter for Removing Grease, &c. (open access)

Composition of Matter for Removing Grease, &c.

Patent for a compound that is meant to remove grease, oil, paint, and similar things from delicate cloth. It is composed of gasoline, chloroform, sulfuric ether, alcohol, spirits of ammonia, powdered borax, powdered carbonate of soda, and saltpeter in lumps.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Ehman, Benedickt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for "a very simple and economically-constructed alarm mechanically connected with windows and doors of a house or a room and adapted to be sounded by a raising or opening of the same, and at the same time to strike a light or illuminate the surroundings (lines 10-15).
Date: October 7, 1890
Creator: Canterbury, Crawford R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): McCulloch County, Index

Index map for McCulloch County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:92,115.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): McCulloch County, Block 5

Parent map for McCulloch County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): McCulloch County, Block 4

Parent map for McCulloch County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey of the Riverside Park Trails (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey of the Riverside Park Trails

A report of a study conducted for a proposed mile-long concrete hiking trail in Riverside Park.
Date: October 7, 2003
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Standard. (open access)

Wagon Standard.

Patent for a new and improved wagon standard. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a hollow standard and an extension having vertical movement in said standard, of a gravity-catch adapted to bite against teeth or serrations on said extension in order to maintain the same in an extended position" (lines 60-65).
Date: December 7, 1886
Creator: Welsh, Lee L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels (open access)

Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels

Patent for sand cap for vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Blade (open access)

Cultivator Blade

Patent for a cultivator blade. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Harlow, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History