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[Red silk "Stockmen's Convention" livestock ribbon]
Red silk ribbon that states: "DELEGATE TO STOCKMEN'S CONVENTION AUSTIN, TEXAS, FEB. 2, 1892." Old Object Term: Commemorative ribbon, livestock
Date:
February 2, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Rangers - Company "E" Frontier Battalion]
Group of men with guns sitting in front of an encampment. Captain JS McNeel is seated in the center.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exterior of Decker Methodist Church]
Photograph of the front exterior of Decker Methodist Church circa 1892. The church was built in 1879 and was moved in 1901. There is a large group standing in front of the church. Among those present are Reverend August Wallin, S.A. Lundell (grandfather of Mrs. Simon Swahn who was Hilma Johnson) and his brother Gustav Lundell, L.P. Swahn (father of Simon Swahn)and his brother C.J. Swahn, and F.G. Swenson.
Date:
1892~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas German and English Academy]
Group portrait in front of the Texas German And English Academy, later Bickler School. The school was located at 208 West 14th Street. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph that reads "On June 12, 1881, I was born in the south west upstairs bedroom. This building is located at 208 W. 14th St. Mah H. Bickler."
Date:
1892~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Capitol
View of the north side of the Texas State Capitol grounds from 17th St. Roads are unpaved and there is a group of girls under trees and a woman with a horse in the foreground.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds.
Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming grooves or ways, a prop or leg composed of parallel bars adapted to fold in said grooves or ways" (lines 68-73).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Chapin, Frederick N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stringed Instrument
Patent for "an instrument that may be conveniently supported upon the lap of the player without any supporting-bands, that is of unique and handsome appearance, that is strong and durable, not liable to be injured by ordinary falls, in which the bridge is secure, the neck properly braced, and to give to the body such shape as will increase its resonance, while at the same time preserving the musical sweetness inherent in instruments of this class" (lines 13-22).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Ganss, Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railway-tie. This design "is to produce a simple and inexpensive tie which may be easily secured in a road-bed and to which the rails may be solidly and conveniently fastened and which is also adapted to be used in connection with wooden sleepers, being constructed so that it may be easily placed in position between wooden sleepers without tearing up the rails" (lines 9-16).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slate for the Blind.
Patent for a slate that allows the blind to read and write with lettered pegs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1891
Creator:
Sthreshley, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Side Guide for Printing and Lithographic Presses.
Patent for a new and improved side guide for printing and lithographic presses. This design consists "in a novel construction of . . . feed-guides . . . and a double guide on a single support . . . which may be adjusted a short distance or entirely across the feed board or base of a printing or other press and can be used either on the right or left hand side of the press" (lines 13-23).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Davis, Frederick C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy for Folding Bed
Patent for an improvement "to provide a folding bed of any variety with a canopy-frame for suspending a netting which will both fold up when the bed is closed and open when the bed is opened automatically" (lines 9-13).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy.
Patent for a folding bed that has a mosquito canopy that automatically unfolds over it. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1891
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 7, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 14, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 21, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 28, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 4, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 11, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 18, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 25, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 10, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History