Poison-Distributer. (open access)

Poison-Distributer.

Patent for a poison-distributer. This invention relates to improvements in poison-distributers, the objects in view being to provide a cheap and simple machine for an efficient manner over the entire surface of cotton-plants for the purpose of destroying the worms, and, furthermore to so construct the machine as to adapt it to readily pass through ordinary-sized gates.
Date: January 26, 1892
Creator: McGee, Joseph Thomas & Carr, Robert Wooten
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tea-Chest. (open access)

Tea-Chest.

Patent for "tea-chests and other receptacles of a light nature in which the articles are shipped and retailed in and from the original packages," (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1891
Creator: Buford, Paschal
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for fan attachment for sewing machines: "adapted to be readily applied to a machine and capable of family an operator effectively without interfering with the work of the machine" (lines 12-15).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Miller, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bryan Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1892 (open access)

The Bryan Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1892

Newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 7, 1892
Creator: Cox, William D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Woman Wearing a Corsage]

Photograph of a woman wearing a dark dress with soutache braid on the bodice and an artificial corsage at her neck.
Date: 1892~
Creator: Harper, Thomas J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Boy Holding Hat]

Photograph of a young boy wearing a suit with short pants and a white bow under the collar. He is holding a hat and standing next to a fringed arm chair.
Date: 1892~
Creator: Harper, Thomas J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History