79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 31 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 31

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives recognizing Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle for their observance of the National Day of Prayer.
Date: May 6, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Frame And Sash. (open access)

Window Frame And Sash.

Patent for new and useful improvements in window frames and sashes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wood, Alpheus H. & Tunnell, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frog and Guard Rail for Railway Tracks (open access)

Frog and Guard Rail for Railway Tracks

Patent for a frog and guard rail for railway tracks. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Thomas, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "improvements in car couplings and it has for its general object to provide a coupling embodying such a constructions that two cars may be connected together or disconnected without the objectionable necessity of a trainman going between them." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1894
Creator: Tunnell, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History