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Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1861
Creator:
Eastham, A. S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood.
Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Bat
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Membership Certificate]
Certificate provided to O. W. Schaer by the Wharton County Electric Cooperative, Inc., to certify Schaer's membership in said organization. The bottom third of the document has a seal and two signatures by the president and secretary of the organization, R. E. Meek and A. E. Wilbeck, respectively. On the back of the certificate, there are two paragraphs of printed text stating the conditions of membership.
Date:
July 12, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to M. C. Gonzales - 1952-06-12]
Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to M. C. Gonzales of San Antonio, Texas, dated June 12, 1952. The letter is regarding Herrera's bid for the presidency of LULAC. Herrera discusses some of the voting issues of Texas and New Mexico LULAC councils and mentions that Gonzales will be making the nominating speech for Herrera at the National LULAC Convention, with George Lopez of Wharton, Texas, seconding the nomination. And also, in a short note, the letter mentions the birth of Herrera's daughter Cathy Luz.
Date:
June 12, 1952
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 54
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 55
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 35
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 69
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 45
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 24
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 63
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 34
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 62
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 68
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Index
Index map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:92,115.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fort Bend County, Block 44
Parent map for Fort Bend County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Extermination
Patent for a device to exterminate boll-weevils on cotton. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Hebert, Paul E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Stage Pump
Patent for a two stage pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Gray, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel.
Patent for a traction wheel that has improved traction on muddy ground.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Larson, Louis O.; Larsen, Arvid R. & Johnson, Sigfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cutting Key Seats or the Like
Patent for a device for cutting key seats or the like. This invention is an improvement in metal working tools as they relate to key seat cutters. Illustration included.
Date:
November 12, 1907
Creator:
Lindstrom, Conrad
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harton Family Reunion]
Photograph of a group of people gathered in front of several parked cars for a family reunion in Wharton, Texas.
Date:
June 12, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 12, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Bill
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 12, 2013
Creator:
Wallace, Bill
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 12, 2014
Creator:
Wallace, Bill
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History