Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard. (open access)

Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard.

Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller and washboard. This design "consist[s] of the frame, the backing, the transverse rods secured to said backing upon one side thereof, the vertical strip upon the opposite side of said strip, and the transverse rods secured to the outer edge of said strip, the pivoted legs, and the bars" (lines 96-102). Said bars are pivoted to "side bars of the frame and at the other provided with elongated slots engaging pins on the legs" (lines 1-3).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Wheel. (open access)

Bicycle Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved bicycle wheel. This design calls for an inner tire wrapped in uniformly distributed elastic bands to connect it to the outer tire. This new tire allows for the spring and comfort of pneumatic tires while rendering the pneumatic tubes of the latter obsolete.
Date: December 29, 1896
Creator: Neild, Edwin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 594, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1909 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 594, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1909

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 29, 1909
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 628, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1910 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 628, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1910

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 29, 1910
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 696, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1911 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 696, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1911

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 29, 1911
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 709, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1911 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 709, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1911

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 29, 1911
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 336, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 29, 1913 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 336, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 29, 1913

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 29, 1913
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 709, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1919 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 709, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1919

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 29, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 372, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 29, 1904 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 372, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 29, 1904

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 29, 1904
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 399, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1905 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 399, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1905

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 29, 1905
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 412, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1905 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 412, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 29, 1905

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 29, 1905
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 472, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1906 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 472, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1906

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 29, 1906
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 511, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 29, 1907 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 511, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 29, 1907

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1907
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar M. Laurel to John J. Herrera - 1955-10-29] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar M. Laurel to John J. Herrera - 1955-10-29]

Letter from Oscar M. Laurel to John J. Herrera dated October 29, 1955, requesting Herrera to provide information to Albert Q. Maisel from Reader's Digest for a future issue on American Citizens of Mexican Descent. Laurel expresses to Herrera that he is the best candidate to provide information on how American citizens of Mexican American descent have made an impact in the Gulf Coast area. "No article regarding the history of such progress would be complete without including the rich contribution which you have made towards the same."
Date: October 29, 1955
Creator: Laurel, Oscar M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 529, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 29, 1908 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 529, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 29, 1908

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 29, 1908
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 555, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1908 (open access)

El Democrata Fronterizo. (Laredo, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 555, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1908

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from Laredo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 29, 1908
Creator: Cardenas, Justo
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas weather new top] (open access)

[News Script: Texas weather new top]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 29, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laredo] (open access)

[News Script: Laredo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 500 people that fled their homes in Laredo after a cloudburst dumped 8 inches of rain on the city.
Date: June 29, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Printed Message from the Governor to the Laredo Alcalde, July 29, 1834] (open access)

[Printed Message from the Governor to the Laredo Alcalde, July 29, 1834]

Printed circular from Governor de Cárdenas to the Laredo alcalde, saying the ex-governor of San Luis Potosí, Vicente Romero, should be apprehended to answer charges of violating the constitution.
Date: July 29, 1834
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Subpoena: Riggs and Balenzuela] (open access)

[Subpoena: Riggs and Balenzuela]

Subpoena issued by the mayor's office ordering the marshal of Laredo, Texas to bring in Juan Riggs and José Balenzuela to the purpose of testifying in regards to the assault of Tereza Bustamante.
Date: September 29, 1860
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel de Elison to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, November 29, 1835] (open access)

[Letter from Manuel de Elison to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, November 29, 1835]

Letter from Manuel de Elison to the Laredo ayuntamiento, reminding it to send tax money to Matamoros.
Date: November 29, 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Census for Villa San Augustín de Laredo] (open access)

[Census for Villa San Augustín de Laredo]

Census for Villa San Augustín de Laredo with a list of all Spanish inhabitants of the town. The chart is broken down into columns with the individual's name written on the left and numbers in corresponding columns depending on their circumstances.
Date: January 29, 1789
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement by Manuel Jaimes] (open access)

[Advertisement by Manuel Jaimes]

Advertisement from Manuel Jaimes advertising a mule he found; the owner of the mule may come claim the animal.
Date: June 29, 1859
Creator: Jaimes, Manuel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sworn Statements of Riggs and Balenzuela] (open access)

[Sworn Statements of Riggs and Balenzuela]

Sworn statements by Juan Riggs and by José M. Balenzuela regarding the assault of Tereza Bustamante by Concepción Ortiz.
Date: September 29, 1860
Creator: Riggs, Juan & Balenzuela, José Maria
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History