Wild Well Control (open access)

Wild Well Control

Patent for a device to help get oil or gas wells back under control from a distance if they have developed excessive gas pressure which may cause fluid to blow out of the well or fires.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: Whitwam, Wallace W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to A. J. Montagne, April 11, 1938] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to A. J. Montagne, April 11, 1938]

Letter from Alex Bradford to A. J. Montagne asking for prices of the trailers they sell and may make a stop in Beaumont to see the trailers himself.
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to James D. Platt, April 11, 1938] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to James D. Platt, April 11, 1938]

Letter from Alex Bradford to James D. Platt discussing diesels. Bradford needs data on the newer diesels, if they can work with a heavy duty truck or buses, and if they can be purchased within the area.
Date: April 11, 1938
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Decorative Moldings]

Photograph of two separate decorative wall moldings. The first, labeled number 10, looks like the top of a column with three sections covered with leaves and curled figured and a flat top. The second, marked number 15, is smaller and consists of one column-like section also covered in leaves, curled figures, and with a flat top. Attached to the photograph is a typewritten note that reads "U.S. Ct. House; Custom house and Post Office Brownsville, Texas. April 11-32."
Date: April 11, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Students From the Campus Ward School]

Photograph of a group of students from the Campus Ward School. The students are lined up in rows and standing on the steps of the school.
Date: December 11, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Cash Payment at Kinsel Motors] (open access)

[Receipt for Cash Payment at Kinsel Motors]

Receipt for a cash payment made by Tex Bradford to Kinsel Motors in San Antonio.
Date: August 11, 1936
Creator: Lund, L. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. E. Webb to Alex Bradford - January 11, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from J. E. Webb to Alex Bradford - January 11, 1939]

Letter from J. E. Webb to Alex Bradford discussing a recent conversation about salvaging a drilling rig equipment that was lost in the Saxet field of Nueces County, Texas. In addition to approving of the salvage operation, Baltic Drilling Company approves of the the distribution of the recovered value.
Date: January 11, 1939
Creator: Webb, J. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History