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Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1901
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paris Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1903
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin-saw cleaner. The invention "relates to gin-saw cleansers and tooth-straighteners, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which will be simple of construction, efficient in operation, and one in which the saw-engaging knives or members may be simultaneously adjusted to regulate them for operation upon saws which are spaced apart a greater or lesser distance" (lines 8-16) illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Stanifer, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1904
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for improvements in railway ties, specifically railway ties in the "metallic" class. The ties in this class are affixed to the rails without the need for spikes.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Rollins, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder
Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1921
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Kate Matlock to Edna Matlock, February 12, 1924]
Postcard from Kate Matlock to Edna Matlock saying that her children have had the chicken pox and that is why she has not written often. The illustration on the front of the card shows a little girl playing with a stick and a hoop; the note next to the picture reads: "This simple little card I send Is just to say to you That if it rains or if it shines My love for you is true."
Date:
February 12, 1924
Creator:
Matlock, Kate
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Kate to Mrs. W. A. Scott, February 12, 1924]
Postcard from Kate to Mrs. W. A. Scott with an illustration of two children with a caption that reads: "Tell me, Sweet does that heart of thine Cherish a thought that is hope to mine?" The note on the card tells Scott that she should come up to Durant to visit but that Kate's children has had the chicken pox.
Date:
February 12, 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Inauguration Ground View]
Photograph of the inauguration of the Sowell's Bluff Bridge as viewed from the banks of the Red River. The bridge is located above, with people standing in it and a sign hanging over the span of the bridge, depicting caricatures of Oklahoma and Texas shaking hands. Spectators watch the bridge's opening from below, most wearing hats and looking upwards.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Opening Day Pedestrians]
Photograph of pedestrians walking along the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge as viewed from the banks of the Red River. The pedestrians walk over the river while spectators look on from below.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Opening Day Sign]
Photograph of a sign hanging at the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on the bridge's opening day, depicting two hat-wearing caricatures representing Texas and Oklahoma shaking hands with the text "HOWDY" written above. Two American flags fly from poles on both ends of the sign.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Platform on Bridge Deck]
Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on its opening day, with a wooden platform built along the wooden guardrails along the side of the bridge. People are standing on the platform and looking out alongside a metal sign with an American flag flying above and the banks of the Red River visible below. The ceremony here may be the inauguration of the bridge. Written on the back of the photograph: "ISABEL MOOR WHEELER, Breaking Beech."
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Suspension Tower]
Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge, viewed from the banks of the Red River. Prominently at center is one of the bridge's suspension towers, atop which fly two American flags. Below on the deck, pedestrians and a single car move along the bridge and over the river, while some people stand along the sandy edges of the river among pieces of wood debris and small bushes.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War
Series of photographs with text labels documenting the 9-day "war" between Texas and Oklahoma around the Red River in 1931, including the closure and later re-opening of the bridge at I-75 and the destruction of the road leading to the toll bridge.
Date:
1931~
Creator:
Kelley Studio
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mineral Deed, Amos K. Bass to Perry Sayles]
Mineral deed certifying the sale of a 3/512 interest in and to the oil, gas, and minerals in and under a tract of land in Eastland and Erath Counties, Texas from Amos K. Bass to Perry Sayles.
Date:
August 12, 1933
Creator:
Bass, Amos K.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Artist's Depiction of Completed Denison Dam]
Artistic rendering of completed Denison Dam. This rendering is from an aerial view with the intake structure and powerhouse visible towards the center. Lake Texoma, with small boats, is visible in a large portion of the rendering.
Date:
1942~/1949~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Denison Dam Between Texas and Oklahoma]
Postcard of the Denison Dam spanning the Red River between Texas & Oklahoma. The intake structure as well the power house are shown within the design. Text on the back reads "At a cost of more than 50,000,000, the huge hydro-electric dam 4 miles north of Denison, Texas across Red River, will look like this from he south when completed. Length of main dam, 21,100 fee, maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 146,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma. Shoreline, approximately 1250 miles.".
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Denison Dam Proposal]
Postcard image of proposal of Denison Dam as what it would look like when completed. Text on front reads "Red River Dam as it will appear when completed". The text on the back reads "Now under construction at a cost of more than $50,000,000, the huge earthen dam between Denison, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, will look like this from south when completed. Length of main dam 14,000 feet; dike extension 7,800 feet; maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 127,600 acres in Texas and Oklahoma.".
Date:
1942~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[South End of Denison Dam]
Photograph of the south end of the Denison Dam. The power house is visible to the right of the photograph and the intake structure to the left. Typed text on back reads "South end of Denison Dam showing power house and intake".
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[South to North View of Denison Dam]
Photograph of the aerial view of the Denison Dam facing south to north. The powerhouse is visible in the center of the photo as well with the construction of a second generating unit. Handwritten text on back reads "View of Denison Dam looking south to north. Visible are the intake works (left) and powerhouse (center) with the addition of a second generating unit (the large cylindrical tubes behind the powerhouse)".
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Denison Dam]
Postcard of the aerial view of Denison Dam with Lake Texoma spreading out to the left. The back of the postcard includes a brief history of the dam.
Date:
1944~/1949~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1949
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direct Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date:
1949
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History