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Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rest Area on Interstate 20 near Loraine Texas

Photograph of a covered picnic table in the rest area on Interstate 20 near Loraine, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.
Date: March 9, 2018
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Edna Coe Majors, June 9, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Edna Coe Majors, June 9, 1959]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Edna Coe Majors discussing her application to become Poet Laureate of Texas. Latimer states that she was selected as Alternate Poet Laureate, informs her that other Representatives would like a copy of her book "Wind of the West," and urges her to reapply for the honor in 1961.
Date: June 9, 1959
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter that attaches to a cultivator and will move up if it hits an obstacle.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Bird, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved pump. This design consists, "with the working-barrel, of a casing or shell secured to the lower end of said barrel, the said shell tapering downward and being provided with an annular shoulder on its inner surface, a valve-seat provided with an annular flange and downward elastic extensions constructed to close against said shell and rest on said shoulder, and a valve-cage connected with said seat and containing a valve" (lines 82-91).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Shelburn, Cephas C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History