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Killeen, Texas, aerial view
Aerial view of the city of Killeen, Texas, taken in May 1973. Dirt work for a major new road is clearly visible on the right side of the photo.
Date:
May 1973
Creator:
DeBolt, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a press of this character by means of which a direct stroke will be given to the plunger, the latter permitted to rebound by the recoil of the hay, and the hay properly held in position" (lines 8-12).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Hallam, Leigh H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton, Corn, And Sorghum Planter
Patent for improvements to a previously made patent serial no. 287,764: the improvements would include adjustable feed disks, simple and adjustable means of regulating the feed of the seed, bracing rods for the drill, and improvements in construction of the frame and hopper.
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Schofield, Jake Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "improvements in the water-wheel and in the, mechanism for imparting motion thereto, whereby the washing-liquid is made to flow upward between the sides of an outer and inner pan and downward upon the articles to be washed, which are inclosed in the said inner pan, as will be now described and claimed, and is adapted to wash any articles that may be placed within the said inner pan" (lines 17-26).
Date:
May 13, 1890
Creator:
McCausland, William, I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Lubricator.
Patent for improvements in lubricators by mounting a box, with a pair holes near its ends, on a bearing; with partitions across the box adjacent each holes, a pair of cord shape wicks and a depending flange, depressing the wicks to the bottom of the box. “When the box filled with liquid lubricant and the cover closed, the lower edge of the flange depresses the wicks, submerging them at the center of the box, and the wicks absorb oil at this point, the oil is lead thence by capillary attraction along the wicks down through the holes in the bottom of the box and into the groove, whence it is delivered by direct contact upon the upper side of the rotating shaft which it is desired to lubricate.” (Lines 52-63) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 19, 1891
Creator:
Hubbard, Benjamin V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash Pan.
Patent for a new and improved locomotive ash pan. This design "relates to ash-pans for locomotive and other fire-boxes; and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved device of this character in which the contents of the pan may be discharged therefrom by a single operation of a controlling-lever. To this end the invention consists . . . in a sliding frame working in guides, a series of slats forming the entire bottom of the pan pivoted to the frame and carried thereby, a lever for operating said frame, and means for sustaining the slats normally in horizontal position" (lines 11-23).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Johnson, Charles J. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple hay press that "alternately feed[s] the hay into the chamber, and press the same, the two mechanisms being operated from the same source; to provide for increase of power, and for regulating the tension or mouth of the press at the point of exit of the completed bale" (lines 12-18).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thompson, Joseph F.; Murphree, Richard L. & Harrison, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved harness-saddle. This design is "to provide a harness-pad and saddle-tree in which the pads or saddle shall be self-adjustable to the backs of the animals to which they are applied, and this without the employment of inner plates to enable the tree to be used for folded-leather, slip, or stuffed pads, as may be desired" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 18, 1886
Creator:
Kay, William V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator or Cooler.
Patent for a refrigerator that has an "arrangement of parts whereby the articles to be cooled are protected from moisture while the space in which said articles are arranged is inclosed by a film of moisture, which is designed to cool the inclosed atmosphere by evaporation" (lines 11-16). The covering is absorbent and the shelves inside are perforated.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gag Runner.
Patent for a new and improved gag runner. This design "relates to a bearing device on a bridle for the reins; and it is [the design's] object to afford such a device, the construction of which shall permit its adjustment in position in the bridle without sewing it to the throat-latch" (lines 8-12).
Date:
May 18, 1886
Creator:
Kay, William V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 16, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1857
Creator:
Marschalk, A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 23, 1857
Creator:
Marschalk, A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1858
Creator:
Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 8, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1858
Creator:
Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 15, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 1858
Creator:
Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 22, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 22, 1858
Creator:
Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1858
Creator:
Marschalk, Andrew, Sr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 2, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 2, 1857
Creator:
Marschalk, A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 9, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 9, 1857
Creator:
Marschalk, A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1907
Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1907
Creator:
Dunn, Jno. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1908
Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 22, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 26, 1908
Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1908
Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1908
Semi-weekly newspaper from Belton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History