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[The Bryson Place Photograph #5]

Photograph of The Bryson Place, in Bertram, Texas.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Controlled Apparatus (open access)

Check Controlled Apparatus

Patent for a check controlled apparatus. This invention "is to provide a check controlled apparatus for a receptacle arranged to fasten the lid of the receptacle and including a key supported to be released by the key" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor. (open access)

Weight-Motor.

Patent for a weight motor for powering various machinery.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for improvements in tailway-tie by “the provision of a clamping plate terminating at one end in a pair of spaced brackets that extend over the base flange of the rail, the said clamping plate being held in engagement with the base flange of the rail by a pair of spaced lugs formed with the top plate of the tie and which bear against the rear end of the clamping plate. Further, this would give greater strength and stability to the proper by seating the rail flange directly upon the top plate of the tie instead of upon the clamping plates.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included. This patent is related to Patent #865,354, issued on September 10, 1907 to the same inventor.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Brister, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marble Falls 1910 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Marble Falls in Burnet County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. R. Brown to Dr. Joseph Pound, July 7, 1910] (open access)

[Letter from J. R. Brown to Dr. Joseph Pound, July 7, 1910]

Letter from J. R. Brown to Dr. Joseph Pound describing the sickness that his wife has been experiencing and asking the doctor if he had any suggestions as to how to treat such issues as stomach and bowel problems.
Date: July 7, 1910
Creator: Brown, J. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to William A. Taylor, May 28, 1910] (open access)

[Letter from T. V. Munson to William A. Taylor, May 28, 1910]

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to William A. Taylor discussing the Dr. Durr persimmon, stating that it likely is no longer in existence.
Date: May 28, 1910
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History