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Adjustable Bicycle-Rest. (open access)

Adjustable Bicycle-Rest.

Patent for a new and useful adjustable bicycle-rest, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Wise, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pipe Coupling (open access)

Air Pipe Coupling

Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date: September 23, 1916
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1854 (open access)

The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1854

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas "devoted to the advancement of youth in literature and morality." Publication includes local, state and national news along with advertising. Some submissions are from Texas youth.
Date: September 23, 1854
Creator: Newcomb & Lambert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses (open access)

Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses

Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Architect Milton Ryan]

Photograph of the architect, Milton A. Ryan, standing in front of a brick, duplex home. A bare tree can be seen in front of the home's doorway and Milton, in the foreground, is standing facing the camera, hands in his pockets. He is wearing dark pants and a dark woven jacket, along with glasses and a light shirt and tie.
Date: February 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tilting Machine. (open access)

Automobile-Tilting Machine.

Patent for new and improved automobile jack that facilitates secured access to repair the underside of the automobile, including illustrations. Jack consists of a large frame, part of which is curved for tilting, water adjustable weight counterbalance, and wheel locking channels.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Weimar, Fritz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bachelor Officers Area

Bachelor Officers housing at Randolph Field
Date: June 23, 1935
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Basin-Protector (open access)

Basin-Protector

Patent for a flexible basin lining that improves sanitation in areas where washrooms are often-used and rarely cleaned.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Van Dunker, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Bejareño. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 23, 1855 (open access)

El Bejareño. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 23, 1855

Bi-monthly newspaper in Spanish "dedicated principally to the interests of the Mexican-Texan population" (Vol. 1, No. 1) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The newspaper is an imprint of the "San Antonio Texan."
Date: June 23, 1855
Creator: Debray, X. & Lewis, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Bejareño. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1856 (open access)

El Bejareño. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1856

Bi-monthly newspaper in Spanish "dedicated principally to the interests of the Mexican-Texan population" (Vol. 1, No. 1) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 23, 1856
Creator: Debray, X. & Lewis, A. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle. (open access)

Bicycle.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: White, Edward Y.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blind Flying Ship Type BT2A

Plane with weather cover over cockpit
Date: October 23, 1934
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake. (open access)

Brake.

Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date: May 23, 1922
Creator: White, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brilliant Bash (open access)

Brilliant Bash

Article about Alice Carrington Foulz's and Linda Pace's appearances in Brilliant Magazine and their Portrait Show to be held on November 3, 2005.
Date: October 23, 2005
Creator: Yerkes, Susan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cabinet-Bed. (open access)

Cabinet-Bed.

Patent for improved cabinet bed construction features, which include allow access to mirror on either side.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Giordano, Anthony
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cadet Area (overview)

Overview of cadet area and surrounding grounds and buildings
Date: January 23, 1933
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll (open access)

Camp Bedding-Roll

Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Waugh, Julia Nott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Lubricator (open access)

Car Axle Lubricator

Patent for Car Axle Lubricator created with the specific intent of better lubricating the journals and bearings of car axles to prevent overheating with less waste of oil.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Urbieta, Jose M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Herring, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charge-Moistening Device for Internal-Combustion Engines (open access)

Charge-Moistening Device for Internal-Combustion Engines

Patent for an attachment for cars. This attachment reduces carbon deposit in the cylinder and on the valves of the car.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Smith, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1973 (open access)

Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1973

Bi-weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the Mexican American community along with advertising.
Date: November 23, 1973
Creator: Rodriguez, Jose Luis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 91, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1976 (open access)

Chicano Times (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 91, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1976

Bi-weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the Mexican American community along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 1976
Creator: Rodriguez, Jose Luis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says] (open access)

[Clipping: ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says," in the San Antonio Light discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's address to the benefit organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project.
Date: July 23, 1990
Creator: López, Nora
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says] (open access)

[Clipping: S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "S. African blacks must fight oppression, ANC member says," in the San Antonio Express-News discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's speech at a Sunday evening service celebrating Nelson Mandela's release from prison. The cited attendance number, "over 200" is underlined in blue ink and has an arrow from it to a handwritten note reading, "700."
Date: July 23, 1990
Creator: Garcia, Victor J.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History