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[Abilene 1884 - Looking Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the northwest at several homes and other buildings in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Looking West Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the west northwest at houses and barns in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Sycamore Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1884 overlooking the Sycamore Street area. Covered wagons are seen behind a building.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine. (open access)

Adding-Machine.

Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date: February 12, 1884
Creator: Barmore, Albert King
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bench Hook. (open access)

Adjustable Bench Hook.

Patent for a new and improved bench hook. This design "consists in a bench-hook constructed with a plate carrying a sliding bar, to which is adjustably secured a hook. The sliding bar and hook are locked in place by a clamp and cam attached to the plate, and the plate and its attachments are locked to the bench-front by a stationary lug attached to the plate, and a moveable lug attached to a lever pivoted to the said plate and locked in place by a cam, so that the said hook can be readily adjusted upward, downward, forward, and backward" (lines 20-30).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cooper, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book Support. (open access)

Adjustable Book Support.

Patent for a new and improved book rest. This design consists "of an upright pivoted in a support or base, a sliding lower supporting cross-bar, an upper sliding supporting-bar, both bars having sockets upon their rear sides sliding upon the upright and provided with set-screws, and leaf-clamps consisting of a piece of spring doubled at one end to form slides sliding upon the arms of the upper cross-bar, forming curved yielding portions, forming transverse eyes at the other ends, having flat blocks hinged at the said eyes, and provided with thumb-pieces" (lines 72-83).
Date: November 25, 1884
Creator: Johnson, William Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device. (open access)

Advertising Device.

Patent for a new and improved advertising sign. This design "consist[s] in the fixed staff or upright having pulley, bent rotary vane having the opening, and adapted for the display of advertisements, inside [the] bent rotary vane, and the governor adapted to regulate automatically the speed at which the vanes are to revolve" (lines 68-80).
Date: February 19, 1884
Creator: Carly, John Wesly
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Abilene - 1884]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down on houses in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 5, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 12, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [35], Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [35], Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 1884
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 8, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [39], Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [39], Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884 (open access)

The Albany Echo. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [40], Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 22, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, February 29, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, February 29, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 29, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [3], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [3], Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [4], Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [4], Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [5], Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [5], Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [6], Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [6], Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [7], Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1884 (open access)

The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [7], Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Albany, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History