Churn-Truck. (open access)

Churn-Truck.

Patent for a churn truck. It allows for "receiving churns in order," can be "moved to various places" as needed, and "the truck being provided with means for facilitating pushing or pulling thereof" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Buie, Sula
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe Thimble (open access)

Stovepipe Thimble

Patent for a stovepipe thimble. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Holton, Richard Tomkins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and improved valve. This design is "to provide a . . . valve . . . to cut off the supply of water upon the outside of the induction-port and to drain all water from the valve-body and the connecting-pipes above the same, thereby preventing freezing of the same" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[t]he valve casing or body having oppositely-located ports and provided with a perforated interiorly-threaded lug or projection, in combination with the flanged bushing seated in said valve-casing and having a valve-seat at its outer end, and perforations extending through the flange" (lines 93-99).
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Morrison, James John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine. (open access)

Riveting-Machine.

Patent for an improved riveting-machine meant to rivet "metal binding and protecting strips, or fastening clasps" (lines 12-13) in the production of item carriers and used to "secure one or more mental binding strips of any desired shape in place" (lines 18-20) upon certain materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Porter, Burr E. & Norris, Henry O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armored Car. (open access)

Armored Car.

Patent for an armored car or portable fort, that aims to provide a novel and improved armor unit of that nature.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Spence, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holding Implement. (open access)

Tool-Holding Implement.

Patent for a holding device specifically for hoe tools while being sharpened.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Stoke, Josiah W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brazoria County, Block 29

Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 11, 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): Wharton County, Block 34

Parent map for Wharton County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:14,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
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): Wharton County, Index

Index map for Wharton 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 1:114,632.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History