Belter Victorian settee with old rose upholstery.

Belter Victorian settee with old rose upholstery. The back has two large, round upholstered sections (one on either end) and a lower center piece with some upholstery and decorative latticework. The wooden frame has several carved decorations on the arms, legs, and other segments.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crandal's Telegraph Splice barbed wire, Patented May 24, 1881

Crandal's Telegraph Splice barbed wire, Patented May 24, 1881
Date: May 24, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dodge and Washburn barbed wire, Patented January 4, 1882

Dodge and Washburn barbed wire, Patented January 4, 1882
Date: January 4, 1882
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double strand barbed wire. Jacob Haish's ripple wire.]

Double strand barbed wire. Jacob Haish's ripple wire. Patented Febraury 1, 1887
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double strand barbed wire, L.E. Sunderland's "kink".]

Double strand barbed wire, L.E. Sunderland's "kink", a very obvious kink under each barb, Patented August 12, 1884
Date: August 12, 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Double strand barbed wire, M.C. Shinn, patented March 1, 1881

Double strand barbed wire, M.C. Shinn, patented March 1, 1881
Date: March 1, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double strand, C.C. Baker flat barbed wire.]

Double strand, C.C.Baker flat barbed wire, modification of patent, February 17, 1883
Date: February 17, 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Double strand. Dodge and Washburn reverse. January 4, 1882

Double strand. Dodge and Washburn reverse. January 4, 1882
Date: January 4, 1882
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A. Ellwood Spread barbed wire, Patented January 31, 1882

A. Ellwood Spread barbed wire, Patented January 31, 1882
Date: January 31, 1882
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887
Date: September 3, 1887
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Framed Godey's Fashion print of a woman standing and another woman sitting]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one in peach and light blue holding her hat, and the other sitting on a yellow couch and wearing dark blue.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Framed Godey's Fashion print of two women holding umbrellas]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one wearing a blue dress and holding a blue parasol. The other one is wearing a red and tan striped dress and is holding a red parasol.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Framed Godey's Fashion print, one woman is reading]

Framed Godey's Fashion print. It is in a black frame. The back is covered with brown paper. Has two women, one wearing pink and reading, and the other is wearing lightblue.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Garden rake head]

The garden rake head has fourteen identical tines all in a row. In between and below the middle two tines is the cone shaped case into which the wooden handle would be inserted.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

H.B. Scutt barbed wire, Patented September 21, 1880

H.B. Scutt barbed wire, Patented September 21, 1880
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hand powered sewing machine]

Sewing machine, hand powered.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hayfork]

Hayfork with a rusty head with five tines and the handle case with wooden still in it from the broken handle. The tines curve up.
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hayfork]

Hayfork with a curved head with five tines. The pitch fork head is missing the metal case that the wooden handle is inserted into.
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

J.Brinkerhoff barbed wire, Patented May 17, 1881

J. Brinkerhoff barbed wire, Patented May 17, 1881
Date: May 17, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. Brotherton "Round Barb", Barb is reversed Twist.]

J. Brotherton "Round Barb", Barb is reversed Twist, Patented September 3, 1887
Date: September 3, 1887
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jacob Haish's "Parallel barbed wire, Patented August 31, 1885

Jacob Haish's "Parallel barbed wire, Patented August 31, 1885
Date: August 31, 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monkey Wrench]

Starting at the bottom, the handle of the monkey wrench is a flat oval shape with two holes, it probably had two wooden pieces, one on each side attached with screws or nails. The neck has a vice that extends all the way to the head to the top of the handle. The head is rectangular with a sloping side. The back of the head is square and looks as though it was used as hammer.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red wooden station staff]

Red wooden station staff to surveyor's transit set. Round staff is capped at base with pointed iron end piece. Brass tip at top swivels. The object is called a "Jacob's Staff" and is used by surveyors to support a compass. The pointed end is jabbed into the ground and the compass is attached to the threaded piece at the top. The ball at the top allows the compass to be levelled.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rusty L-shaped carpenter's square]

Rusty L-shaped carpenter's square with the vertical part longer and wider than the horizontal part. The square is marked off in inches: outer edge, 24 in. horizontally and 16 in. vertically. The inside is marked 22.5 in. horizontally and 14 in. vertically. Straight down the middle of the longer part it is marked starting at 1 ending with 21in. The other side of the square is the exact same except for one marking in the corner where the two parts meet. STANLEY ____00 Made in the USA _5 Some of the writing is obscured by rust.
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History