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Gregg County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering Gregg County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 27, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gregg County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering Gregg County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1874
Creator: Cousins, R. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.

Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bath-Tub. (open access)

Bath-Tub.

Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Lacy, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for an improved machine that cleans and transfers seed cotton to a gin. It combines exhaust fans and a cleaning mechanism, and is less expensive than similar machines.
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler Feeder (open access)

Steam Boiler Feeder

Patent for improvments in automatic steam-boiler feeders
Date: April 7, 1887
Creator: Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Girls of Longview]

Photograph of seven young girlfriends of Longview, Texas. The friends are pictured at Annie Castleberry's home in Longview. They are all dipping their bare feet in a pond. From left to right, the friends pictured are: Etta Wilkins, Nannie Howard , Birdie Cole, Annie Castleberry, Berdale Weeks, Opal Holt, and Nannie Holland Weatherby. The photograph is mounted on grey cardboard.
Date: April 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The applicability to Gregg County of Article 2116c, V.C.S., relative to selection of juries, under the submitted facts.
Date: April 8, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of paying the Criminal District Attorney of Gregg County $500.00 per year from State funds in accordance with Section 21 of Article V, Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vernis Hudgins to Eugene B. Long - April 23, 1980] (open access)

[Letter from Vernis Hudgins to Eugene B. Long - April 23, 1980]

Letter from Vernis Hudgins to Eugene B. Long, expressing congratulations on behalf of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc.
Date: April 23, 1980
Creator: Hudgins, Vernis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes (open access)

Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes

Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sinclair Oil Well Fire]

Photograph of Sinclair oil well fire of April 30, 1931 in Kilgore, Texas, with smoke visible above buildings in the distance, taken from inside a sparse forest.
Date: April 30, 1931
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Shotgun House]

Photograph of a shotgun house (located at 300 West Whaley) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 16, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Gladewater #1]

Photograph of a Texas Historical Survey Committee historic marker for the town of Gladewater, Texas. Handwritten text below the image says "Gladewater, Texas Apr 28th 1982 (T&P track in background)."
Date: April 28, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Gladewater #2]

Photograph of a Texas Historical Survey Committee historic marker for the town of Gladewater, Texas. Handwritten text below the image says "Gladewater, Texas Apr 28th 1982 (T&P track in background)."
Date: April 28, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #719]

Photograph of T&P train #719 at the roundhouse in Longview, Texas with a white plume of smoke rising from the engine. Written underneath are "T&P Roundhouse Longview, Texas Apr. 6th 1939" and "J. O. B. Johnson."
Date: April 6, 1939
Creator: Johnson, J. O. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter. (open access)

Colter.

Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: James Zedrick Elder
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Whaley House]

Photograph of the Whaley House (located at 101 E Whaley St) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 4, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Whaley House]

Photograph of the Whaley House (located at 101 E Whaley St) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 3, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Whaley House]

Photograph of the Whaley House (located at 101 E Whaley St) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 5, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Whaley House]

Photograph of the Whaley House (located at 101 E Whaley St) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 2, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Whaley House]

Photograph of the Whaley House (located at 101 E Whaley St) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Northcutt House]

Photograph of the Northcutt House (located at 313 S Fredonia) in Longview, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History