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Buckle and Back Band Hook. (open access)

Buckle and Back Band Hook.

Patent for a new and improved buckle and back-band hook. This design "contemplates certain improvements in combined buckles and back-band hooks; and it consists of a buckle having, or to which may be separately applied, a peculiar hook or tongue" (lines 10-14).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Munger, Ennis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of Power of Attorney] (open access)

[Statement of Power of Attorney]

Legal statement outlining the power of attorney granted by John West of Robertson County regarding a piece of land.
Date: November 21, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Henry Marshall death] (open access)

[News Script: Henry Marshall death]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the investigation of the death of Henry Marshall in Franklin.
Date: May 21, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Record of payment for commissioner fees] (open access)

[Record of payment for commissioner fees]

Record of payment from Michael Reed to Sterling C. Robertson for the commissioner fees on two leagues of land.
Date: March 21, 1835
Creator: Robertson, Sterling C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, October 21, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, October 21, 1881]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his daughter, Gertrude Osterhout, from when he was traveling around in Texas. He told her where he'd been traveling and that he and the family were doing well. He closed his letter by saying she should bring her roommate down next time she visits.
Date: October 21, 1881
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Mechanism. (open access)

Trolley Mechanism.

Patent for a trolley mechanism that is a pivoting "yoke adapted to normally follow being swerved out of line when the car is going around curve of the trolley wire; to prevent catching on cross-wires in case the trolley wheel should leave the line-wire; and to adjust the amount of pivotal action of said yoke with regard to the trolley pole" (lines 13-20).
Date: November 21, 1893
Creator: Fuller, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay. (open access)

Fence-Stay.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive fence-stay that "may be readily applied in a secure manner to horizontal fence-wires" (lines 12-13). The posts are sheets of metal, and metal T-shaped tongues hold the wires in place.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Munger, Ennis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History