Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes. (open access)

Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.

Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Wright, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1904
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Saba Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1907
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator-Flue. (open access)

Ventilator-Flue.

Patent for a flue made of separate parts so that it can be disassembled for more efficient transport, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using cranks and wrist pins to “converting rotary motion, like that of a wheel or pulley, into reciprocating motion.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date: April 8, 1902
Creator: McKean, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Auger (open access)

Post-Auger

Patent for a post auger.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Sanford, James Dobbs
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for improvement of kitchen cabinet including removable bins and sifters, including illustrations.
Date: January 29, 1901
Creator: Lake, Reuben R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Dunn, Aaron Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for a fence post made of sheet metal or iron, which does not require extra extra staples to attach wires and is durable.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Mace, John O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle (open access)

Saddle

Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Support (open access)

Shaft-Support

Patent for a shaft support and anti-rattler for vehicle thills. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Stovall, Sidney P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Rack. (open access)

Hay-Rack.

Patent for a hay rack, which allows animals to feed on the hay while it on the rack from all sides and underneath it.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Peter C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore Separator (open access)

Ore Separator

Patent for ore separator. This invention "relates to separators or concentrators for separating or extracting gold from pulverized quartz sand or bearing dirt" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Donovan, John T., Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain. (open access)

Poultry Drinking-Fountain.

Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Anderson, Heartwell B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History