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Barber's Bottle-Holder
Patent for a bottle holder used for barbers. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. C. Jones Home
Postcard of the two-story Baroque architecture styled home of Mrs A. C. Jones located at 611 East Jones St. Philanthropist and supporter of local schools, Mrs. A.C. (Jane Field) Jones (1842-1918) built the house on this site after her husband Captain Jones’ death in 1906. Governors and other Texas leaders were welcomed here. Located on the hill where the college stands today, the first and much grander A.C. Jones home was sold to the John Flournoy and moved into town by mule and wagon. It stood facing Flournoy Park until it was razed in 1946.
Date:
January 7, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Hauled by Mules in Oakville
Photograph of James and Lee Crawford Brother's Freight Co. located in Oakville, Texas. In the foreground, loads of cotton are piled onto mule-drawn wagons. F. H. Church stands in front of the mules in the foreground. Three wagons are visible in front of wooden building. The driver of the first wagon is James Crawford. The photograph was taken at or near where Monroe Fink's office is now. If cotton was hauled to the coast for shipment, it came through Beeville.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton in Front of Wimmer Store in Oakville, Texas 1907
Photograph of loads of cotton piled onto mule-drawn wagons outside of Wimmer Store in Oakville,located in Live Oak County, Texas. The wagon driver is Lee Crawford. Similiar scenes took place across Bee County in the early 1900's.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a trap for bedbugs made of pine wood with many nooks and crannies and springs attached to either side of the wooden block. It can be put on the bed frame and bedbugs hide in its dark recesses during the day, and then the trap can either be hit to close the springs and crush the bugs or put into hot water to drown them.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Mattingly, Benjamin Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles
Patent for an "apparatus for taking up wear upon vehicle axles" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Short, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Cut Register
Patent for a haircut register. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shave-Register-Operating Device
Patent for a shave register operating device, designed for barbers to keep a record of customers desiring a shave. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments
Patent for a device made to deliver massage treatment materials to a barber. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamp
Patent for a pipe clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Krueger, Louis; Kinkler, Emil J. & Carmichael, Oscar H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History