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[Blue silk ribbon attached to a brass rectangular pin at top]
Blue silk ribbon attached to a brass rectangular pin at top. Ribbon states: "DELEGATE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION GALVESTON, TEX. JULY 15, 1902 COMPLIMENTS W. H. PATTERSON DALLAS, TEXAS MGR. HARTFORD LIFE INS. CO." Old Object Term: Commemorative ribbon
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lot and Block Book of Texas City, Galveston County
Lot and block maps of Texas, City, Texas, 1902-1911: showing names of property owners, dimensions, lot numbers, block numbers, and street number of each block.
Date:
1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index starts on page 359.
Date:
1902
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plan of the city of Galveston showing proposed sea wall and raising of grade.
Map shows early twentieth century street names and layout of the city of Galveston, Texas and the location of a proposed sea wall. Includes diagram of a cross section of the proposed sea wall, text describing the flooding history of Galveston Island, and estimated cost of the project. Insets: "Cross Section of Proposed Sea Wall," "10th Street," "25th Street," and "39th Street." Relief shown through diagrams. Scale [ca. 1:18,000].
Date:
1902
Creator:
Clarke & Courts.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Box
Patent for "a device adapted for persons making a great number of small collections, such as railway conductors" (lines 8-10).
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Peetz, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb Cleaner.
Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Hess, Hugo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.
Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date:
January 7, 1902
Creator:
Allison, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a burner that uses crude petroleum as well as kerosene, or gasoline. This device works in a way to prevent the jets from clogging and produces a steady flame.
Date:
May 14, 1902
Creator:
Wadkins, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel.
Patent for improvements in paddle-wheels by transferring the combined power of the outer paddle-wheel and the inner drum to the shaft thus increased the driving power of the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Glardon, Henri
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Withdrawing Casings From Wells.
Patent for tool for withdrawing casings from wells that is "easy to apply and convenient to manipulate while in use" (lines 15-17).
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Bennison, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Separating Machine
Patent for machines for separating the textile fiber of various plants, and has for its objects generally to simplify such machines, perfect their product, and avoid waste (lines 11-15) with illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Allision, Samuel Benjamin & Dorrestein, C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Holder for Enlarging-Cameras.
Patent for an improvement in holders attached to enlarging-cameras to hold the paper being exposed: "The object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient form of paper-holder in which the paper may be readily inserted and removed and from which the light will be effectually excluded" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retort Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for improvements in retort-burners, to be used for any suitable and desired purposed and for any kind of oils by providing a "direct-combustion retort-burner that the combustion will be perfect and complete and the oil and air may be supplied thereto under a uniform pressure of high or low degree." (Lines 20-27) The retort-burner will be "readily assembled without the necessity of having special machinery for their manufacture or skilled workmen to put them together." (Lines 31-34) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Duncan, Alfred D. & Wafer, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 26, 1900
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Enlarging Negatives.
Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles S. Fairchild to Holders of the Bonds of the City of Galveston, Texas, June 1902]
Letter from Charles S. Fairchild to Holders of the Bonds of the City of Galveston discussing the City's willingness and ability to interest on its bonded debt, argument and statements from representatives of the Galveston Commission was requested by the Bondholders' Committee to be writing, which is included.
Date:
June 1902
Creator:
Fairchild, Charles S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from City of Galveston Board of Commisioners to I. H. Kempner and B. Adoue, May 12, 1902]
Letter from City of Galveston Board of Commissioner to I. H. Kempner and B. Adoue discussing authorization from the commissioners for Kempner to travel to New York in regards representing the bond-holders of Galveston City Bonds payment of interest on bonds.
Date:
May 12, 1902
Creator:
Austin, William T.; Lange, H. C.; Norman, A. P. & Austin, V. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to I. H. Kempner from Galveston City Commissioners, May 20, 1902]
Telegram from Galveston City Commissioners to I. H. Kempner discussing congratulations on his settlement with bondholders.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Austin, W. M. I.; Lange, S.; Norman, A. P. & Austin, V. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Expenses of W. K. McAlpine's Estate Billed by Rustin & Company, August 7, 1902]
List of expenses of W. K. McAlpine's estate billed by Rustin & Company. The listed expenses are from July and August, 1902.
Date:
August 7, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Expenses of W. K. McAlpine's Estate Billed by Rustin & Company, July 31, 1902]
List of expenses of W. K. McAlpine's estate billed by Rustin & Company. The listed expenses are from June and July 1902.
Date:
July 31, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Expenses of W. K. McAlpine's Estate Billed by Rustin & Company, May 14, 1902]
List of expenses of W. K. McAlpine's estate billed by Rustin & Company. The listed expenses are from April and May 1902.
Date:
May 14, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Expenses of W. K. McAlpine's Estate Billed by Rustin & Company, June 17, 1902]
List of expenses of W. K. McAlpine's estate billed by Rustin & Company. The listed expenses are from May and June, 1902.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 238, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1902
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 25, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 244, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1902
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 1, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History