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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
58
Red River County Area Newspaper Collection
56
Tocker Foundation Grant
56
Texas Patents
10
Abilene Library Consortium
2
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
2
The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
1
THC National Register Collection
1
Texas Laws and Resolutions Archive
1
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Improvement in Apparatus for Separating the Seed from Fruit-Pulp
Patent for a simple machine "for separating the seed from the pulp of the Bois-de-Arc or Osage orange and other apples where the seed is required to be separated uninjured for planing and other purposes" (line 26-29).
Date:
March 29, 1870
Creator:
Mayo, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Locomotives.
Patent for a safety attachment for locomotives that is simple and prevents unwelcome people from getting into a position to take control of the train. It consists of steam pipes with open jets connected with the boiler that go around the entrances of the cab, and the train engineer can turn a valve and make hot steam project across the entrances.
Date:
August 29, 1894
Creator:
Rutherford, James Rice
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for improvements to windmills.
Date:
April 29, 1884
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved tire tightener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spokes, the felly, and the tire . . . of the plates, each provided with rearwardly-extending apertured portions, forwardly-projecting fingers, and semi-socketed portions on their lower faces, the upper face of the plate being straight, its lower face inclined, the upper face of the plate inclined, and the lower face thereof straight, whereby when said plates are fitted in place, they will wedge between the felly and the shoulder of the spoke, said socket portions adapted to fit over said shouldered portion of the spokes" (lines 8-21).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Mayo, William Archer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Ziza Moore, March 29, 1861]
Letter from Henry S. Moore to Ziza Moore, addressed as "Papa." He discusses the secession of Texas from the Union, slavery, crops, and a recent turkey hunting trip. The letter is torn in several places so that not all of it can be read. All that is visible of the sender's name is S. Moore.
Date:
March 29, 1861
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Western Star. (Paris, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 29, 1851
Weekly newspaper from Paris, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 29, 1851
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Western Star. (Paris, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 29, 1851
Weekly newspaper from Paris, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 29, 1851
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Computing Yardstick
Patent for an attachment to yardsticks in order to compute correct measurements. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Cogburn, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Fender.
Patent for new and useful improvements in car fenders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon
Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Robertson, George Francis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper.
Patent for an adjustable road and ditch building scraper.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Edzards, Harm Uden
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 29, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 29, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1941
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1940
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 29, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1942
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 29, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1942
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 29, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 29, 1940
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 29, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 29, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1923
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 29, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1918
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 29, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History