Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with an improved dasher-operating mechanism. It simply and effectively combines a "rotary and reciprocatory movement to a churn-dasher to hasten the separation of the butter" (lines 11-13). The dasher is attached to a frame, and is operated through a crank. The churn rests on a platform also attached to the frame.
Date: January 19, 1897
Creator: Wright, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Brake. (open access)

Automatic Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved automatic car brake. This design "consists, first, in the combination of the draw-heads . . . connecting-rods . . . and a partially-rotating shaft provided with suitable slotted cams, which cams are attached to the brake-beams, so that when the draw-heads are forced inward or drawn out the brakes will move out of contact with the wheels; second, in the combination, with the slotted cams and a mechanism for moving them, of the rods which are connected thereto, and which pass through the brake-beams, the sliding sleeves, the springs, and the nuts" (lines 13-27).
Date: January 22, 1884
Creator: Miller, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dam. (open access)

Portable Dam.

Patent for a new and improved portable dam. This design "consists in the combination of the timbers which form the dam, the vertical uprights between which the timbers are place, the braces which support the dam in an upright position, the rider placed upon the braces, the wires, and the hooks to which the wires are fastened" (lines 13-19).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Williams, Stephen P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cotton Plows. (open access)

Attachment for Cotton Plows.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Collier, Johnathan T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Hopper. (open access)

Cotton Gin Hopper.

Patent for swinging adjustable breast for Cotton-Gin Hoppers designed to regulate the density of cotton. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: January 20, 1883
Creator: Horne, Edward G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 1

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 5

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 2

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 3

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Index

Index map for Gregg County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:58,340.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 4

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 7

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1019.0390]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Research laboratories of the Phillips Petroleum Co. now are being reconverted t peace-time work, after being devoted almost exclusively to "war" work for nearly four years."
Date: January 5, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 9, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 9, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 30, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 2014 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 18, 2014
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 2, 2013 (open access)

The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 136, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 2, 2013
Creator: Overton, Mac
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History