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[Portrait of a Woman Sitting Down]
Photograph of an unknown woman positioned from the chest up. She is pictured in front of a dark colored background while wearing a dark colored dress with a light colored printed lining. Text on the front identifies Ankenman & Butler from Mason, Texas, as the photographer.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Ankenman & Butler
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of an Young Woman With Large Bow Collar]
Photograph of an unknown woman positioned from the chest up. She is pictured wearing a dark colored top with a bow on the collar pinned with a broach. Text on the front identifies N. Ankenman from Mason, Texas as the photographer.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Ankenman, N.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unknown Man Standing Next to Fabric Covered Table]
Photograph of an unknown man positioned to show his full body. He is pictured next to a cloth covered side table and a grandfather clock is visible in the background. The man is wearing a dark colored suit with a lighter colored dress shirt and tie underneath. Text on the front identifies N. Ankenman from Mason, Texas, as the photographer.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Ankenman, N.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mason County
Map of Mason County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The title of the map is a whimsical drawing of people as letters. An abandoned Mason is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1859
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amblema plicata, Specimen #108
One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Colorado basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be subfossil when collected.
Date:
June 15, 1979
Creator:
Britton, Joseph; Brush, Sam & La Grove, M.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Amblema plicata, Specimen #109
One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Colorado basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be subfossil when collected.
Date:
June 15, 1979
Creator:
Britton, Joseph; Brush, Sam & La Grove, M.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quadrula petrina, Specimen #1080
One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Colorado basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be very-long dead when collected.
Date:
June 15, 1979
Creator:
Britton, Joseph; Brush, Sam & La Grove, M.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quadrula petrina, Specimen #1081
One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits a round shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Colorado basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date:
June 16, 1979
Creator:
Britton, Joseph; Brush, Sam & La Grove, M.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tritogonia verrucosa, Specimen #902
One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thick shell; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Colorado basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date:
June 15, 1979
Creator:
Britton, Joseph; Brush, Sam & La Grove, M.
Object Type:
Specimen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reversible and Adjustable Heel-Sweep.
Patent for an adjustable heel sweep for farm equipment, which can cut both wide and narrow angles.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Brockman, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ax Handle
Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Burks, William Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design has for its object, "first, to provide a gate that the rider or driver can open or shut without dismounting; second, one that cannot be left accidentally open, so as to admit stock to pass through an inclosure; and third, one that the vehicle or horse[-rider] passes over, and one that the wind does not affect" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Cowan, Elias
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Willard Cox to Joe Childers, November 24, 1952]
Letter from Willard Cox to Joe Childers discussing traveling to San Saba with Childers' previous letter to speak with a man named Reuben about Truett Latimer.
Date:
November 24, 1952
Creator:
Cox, Willard
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Capitol Marble & Granite Company Inc. Quarry]
Photograph of a Capitol Marble & Granite Company Inc. quarry in Mason County, Texas. A sign stands in front of a gate, through which a dirt road passes by piles of rocks and a radio tower.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial Buildings and Equipment of Mason Feeders Inc]
Photograph of industrial buildings and equipment behind two rows of barbed wire fences. A long tank printed with the words "Mason Feeders, Inc" is fenced off to the right. A crane rises above this tank and toward the main building, which is topped with chutes and a silo.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial Buildings and Equipment of Mason Feeders Inc]
Photograph of industrial buildings and equipment behind two rows of barbed wire fences. A long tank printed with the words "Mason Feeders, Inc" is fenced off to the right. A crane rises above this tank and toward the main building, which is topped with chutes and a silo.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Livestock in Pens in Front of Mason Feeders Inc Building]
Photograph of rows of animal pens filled with livestock in front of the Mason Feeders Inc. factory. The factory itself is a building comprised of chutes and silos.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mason Feeders Inc Building and Equipment]
Photograph of Mason Feeders Inc buildings and equipment. A sign and mailbox for Mason Feeders Inc stands at the lower left of the photo. Above it, a long tank with the company's name sits in a fence. Crumpled metal is visible behind it. To the right, a pickup truck is parked near a crane and piles of earth. To the upper right stands a building comprised of several silos and chutes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mason Feeders Inc Building and Equipment]
Photograph of the Mason Feeders Inc factory. The building itself is comprised of chutes and silos. To the left below it sits a pile of scrap metal. To the right, a tank bearing the company's name sits within a fence, and a crane rises from behind it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mason Feeders Inc Building and Equipment]
Photograph of Mason Feeders Inc buildings and equipment. A sign and mailbox for Mason Feeders Inc stands at the lower left of the photo. Above it, a long tank with the company's name sits in a fence. Crumpled metal is visible behind it. To the right, a pickup truck is parked near a crane and piles of earth. To the upper right stands a building comprised of several silos and chutes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pigs in Pens Near Feeders]
Photograph of pigs running through rows of parallel pens towards cylindrical feeders.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roadsign for Mason County, Texas]
Photograph of a sign that states "Welcome to Mason County." The sign is standing inside of a barbed wire fence to the right of a road. A pickup truck moves down the road.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dietel, Norman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History