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[Father Oscar Huber]

Original black and white photographic negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. This image shows Father Oscar Huber, who performed the last rites for President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Father Oscar Huber]

Original black and white photographic negative taken by an unidentified Dallas Times Herald staff photographer. The image shows Father Oscar Huber, who performed the last rites for President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas Times Herald
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Printing Device (open access)

Automatic Printing Device

Patent for "improvements in automatic printing devices. . .whereby the printing is effected b the movement of the paper or fabric on which the printing is done" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Barradall, Norborne D. & Bradley, Andrew Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Husker and Sheller (open access)

Corn Husker and Sheller

Patent for new and useful improvements to corn husker and sheller machines
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Whiting, Louis Rossell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake. (open access)

Wagon Brake.

Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This goal of this design "is to provide an automatic brake for wagons and other wheeled vehicles running on dirt roads" (lines 11-13).
Date: May 23, 1882
Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome & Henson, John Wesley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a new construction of rotary seed planter, with illustrations and description and arrangement of parts.
Date: September 23, 1884
Creator: Daniel, Ellison A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace. (open access)

Garbage-Furnace.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable garbage-furnace that can be easily operated, the moisture from the garbage completely evaporates, and the material before and after can be easily handled.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Hull, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Protecting Electric Circuits. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Protecting Electric Circuits.

Patent for a method of and apparatus for protecting electric circuits from unauthorized use. The inventor uses the arrangement of circuits described in an expired patent (No. 110,362).
Date: April 23, 1895
Creator: Oram, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dilator. (open access)

Dilator.

Patent for a dilator meant to enlarge the urethral and other canals of the human body. It is meant of "elastic material and capable of distention, or dilation, under the pressure of air, water, or other fluid introduced and to combine with said dilator means whereby its uniform enlargement under internal pressure shall take place without increase of length, thereby avoiding the objection common to all, rubber and similar structures heretofore, that interior pressure produced elongation at the expense of increase in diameter, while any inequality of strength, or thickness, caused unequal expansion" (lines 13-24).
Date: April 23, 1895
Creator: Parker, Elisha J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker. (open access)

Fruit Picker.

Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when another fruit is picked" (lines 24-34).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Arnold, Hudson H. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 10 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 10

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to the wrestling team of St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas on its 500th dual meet win.
Date: May 23, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sunset Pumping Station Equipment]

Photograph of equipment for Sunset Pumping Station. A handwritten note on the reverse reads: "Part of new equip. & piping going into Sunset pump stn addtn."
Date: December 23, 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Riffe's Grocery and Market]

Photograph of the storefront for Riffe's Grocery and Market. Cylindrical parts are stacked against the storefront. A truck is parked against the sidewalk.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ablon Poultry & Egg Co.]

Photograph of the storefront of Ablon Poultry & Eggs. Crates are stacked against the front wall. Two carts are situated to the right of the crates, behind which a car is parked.
Date: August 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Don Hotel]

Photograph of the front of the Don Hotel in Dallas, Texas. A truck is parked against the sidewalk.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Goodman Produce Loading Dock]

Photograph of the Goodman Produce loading dock. A truck is parked on the loading dock.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loading Dock at 1000 South Preston St.]

Photograph of a loading dock at 1000 South Preston St. The dock consists of a raised platform near a set of railroad tracks.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loading Dock]

Photograph of a loading dock. In the photograph, a truck is parked next to the dock. The truck is labeled "Treadway Bros. Paymaster Feeds." Tall buildings are visible in the distance.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Produce Co. Storefront]

Photograph of the Texas Produce Co. storefront at 608 S. Pearl in Dallas, Texas. In the photograph, a set of stairs leads to a raised platform shaded by an awning. Cars are parked on the street to the right.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Produce Truck]

Photograph of a produce truck parked at the corner of Harwood St. and Pocohontas St. in Dallas, Texas. The Mercantile National Bank Building is visible in the background.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ablon Poultry & Egg Co. Storefront]

Photograph of the Leon Margules Wholesale Produce storefront. Crates are stacked against the storefront's front wall. Small trucks are parked in front of the store.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loading Dock at 1000 South Preston St.]

Photograph of a loading dock at 1000 South Preston St. In the photograph, cars and trucks are parked at the dock. Railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grocery Market Storefront]

Photograph of the Grocery Market storefront. Fruit and vegetables are arranged on the wall of the storefront. A sign reads: "Pick-em Up 50 cents each."
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fain Produce Storefront]

Photograph of the Fain Produce (The Tomato House) storefront. Boxes are stacked in front of the storefront. A streetlight is situated on the corner and cars are parked on the side of the road.
Date: July 23, 1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History