Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights (open access)

Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Bailey, Douglas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Drafting-Instrument. (open access)

Combination Drafting-Instrument.

Patent for a combination drafting-instrument that is "carried about the person and serve as a combined pencil-holder and drafting tool and when used in the latter capacity to serve the functions of a divider, a square, a compass, and a caliper for either inside or outside gaging" (lines 10-15).
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Deats, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 107 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 107

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating RaShawn Washington of Fort Worth on the publication of her poem "Talk."
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 108 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 108

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring Dunbar Middle School student Tiffany Lewis of Fort Worth for her selection to attend the People to People Student Ambassador Program's 2003 Leadership Summit.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 123 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 123

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Lori Freeman on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 124 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 124

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Willanette Williams on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 127 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 127

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to in memory of Tarrence Leon White of Fort Worth.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 128 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 128

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating the Fort Worth Dunbar High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2003 UIL Class 4A state championship.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 129 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 129

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Melzora Webster on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 130 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 130

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Kristen Williams on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 131 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 131

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Dorothy Westergren on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 132 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 132

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Patty Rose on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 133 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 133

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Mary Preston on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 134 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 134

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating LaWanda Booghrey on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 135 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 135

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Ozella Campbell on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 136 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 136

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating Mary Ornellas on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 137 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 137

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Latresa Kennard on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 138 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 138

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to congratulating Roshea Phillips on being named a 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher by the Fort Worth Independent School District
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-038 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO94-038

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Tarrant County criminal district court bailiffs must be licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, whether the bailiffs may carry firearms, and related questions.
Date: April 20, 1994
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antikicking Device for Automobiles. (open access)

Antikicking Device for Automobiles.

Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Miller, Herman P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors. (open access)

Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.

Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Wynne, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof. (open access)

Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.

Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Causey, Thomas S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History