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Red River County Area Newspaper Collection
38
Tocker Foundation Grant
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Texas Patents
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Abilene Library Consortium
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The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
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Combined Pen or Pencil Holder and Pin.
Patent for a new and improved writing-utensil holder and pin. This design "not only forms a convenient receptacle for a pen or pencil, but . . . it is also adapted for use as an ornamental scarf or breast pin, and to this end the bands may be appropriately shaped to confine a stone or other setting, which can be held from endwise displacement, if necessary, by means of lugs . . . at each end of the bar" (lines 63-71).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Stewart, Samuel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design has, "[i]n combination with a bolt having a cylindrical stem and a head beveled on its inner face, a nut tapped to receive the threaded end of the bolt and prevented from turning" (lines 73-77).
Date:
January 31, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Guard and Rest.
Patent for "an attachment for pianos designed for use as a guard to protect the instrument from injury to the front of the keyboard when being moved through narrow passage-ways, and as a rest for the feet of performers unable to reach the floor to prevent contact and consequent defacing of the lower panels." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ginning-Machines.
Patent for improvements in attachment for ginning machines: "provide mechanical means for conveying the cotton and seed that is delivered from the gins through pneumatic tubes to the baling room and see house" (lines 15-19).
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Coursey, Netter R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. Nimmo to Charles B. Moore, March 31, 1861]
Letter from J. S. Nimmo to Charles B. Moore. Much of the letter is written as a poem discussing recent news, secession, and slavery, and there is a drawing in pencil of a bearded man on the last page. There is a note written in ink on the first page from Henry S. Moore to Charles. He says that he is mailing this letter along with another from J. B. Harris to him. The note is dated June 11, 1861 in Paris.
Date:
March 31, 1861
Creator:
Nimmo, J. S. & Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Western Star. (Paris, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1851
Weekly newspaper from Paris, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1851
Creator:
Lewelling, Thomas
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener
Patent for a tire tightener. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Cameron, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric Car-Line.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in "elevated double-track electric car lines and car and electric-wire supports combined, including instructions and illustrations" (line 5 - 7).
Date:
May 31, 1898
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Texas News]
Newspaper clipping of a small collection of articles discussing news from around Texas. The items of interest include Dallas Public Library's collection of framed pictures; a television set stolen in Paris, Texas; the renaming of Air Freight, Inc., to Santa Fe Freight Co.; an army contract with Travos Inc. in Austin; and the Texas Medical Association's correction of claims by the California Medical Association that their President was the first woman to head a state medical society. On the back of the clipping are portions of comic strips.
Date:
March 31, 1971
Creator:
Athens Daily Review
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Herald. (Paris, Tex.), Vol. [2], No. [52], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Paris, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 31, 1898
Creator:
Straiho, A. P. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1941
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 31, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1940
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1942
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 31, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 31, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1923
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 31, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1924
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1946
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1946
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1947
Weekly newspaper from Deport, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 31, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Property, Photograph 1986-07]
Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date:
January 31, 1986
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History