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Car Ventilation.
Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1879
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive.
Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Walton, George Slaughter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, September 1, 1879]
Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a trip her family is planning, harvesting crops, and mutual acquaintances.
Date:
September 1, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Emma
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, June 18, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing the ending of his relationship with Miss Genie, finding time off to visit Emma, Emma feeling ill, and John's wishes for Emma to make a hair wreath for him.
Date:
June 18, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Colorado County
Cadastral map of Colorado County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 16, 1871
Creator:
Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado County
Map of Colorado County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 16, 1871
Creator:
Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry M. Ehrenwerth to Members of Joshua Chapter No. 43, November 2, 1871]
Letter from Henry W. Ehrenwerth to the High Priest, King, Scribe, and Members of Joshua Chapter No. 43 of the Royal Arch Masons requesting a waiver of jurisdiction for Friench Simpson. The letter is impressed with a seal with the text, "[..] R. A. Chapter No. 46 Texas" in the border.
Date:
November 2, 1871
Creator:
Ehrenwerth, Henry M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1871
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 19, 1871
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 26, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 26, 1871
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1871
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 14, 1871
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1872
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 8, 1872
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1872
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 22, 1872
Creator:
Thompson, Wells & McCormick, George
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date:
July 27, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs
Patent for a newly designed vehicle spring that attached to the axle and features an auxiliary spring.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Faber, Fredrick W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Street-Cars
Patent for an improvement to Street Cars to better navigate curves. Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1879
Creator:
Towell, Isaac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
Date:
September 18, 1872
Creator:
Hartcourt, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
Date:
December 17, 1872
Creator:
Alexander, Oscar W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevated Cable-Railways.
Patent for an "elevated propelling cable-track for the rapid transit of cars in cities" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1879
Creator:
Reager, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds
Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.
Date:
March 3, 1874
Creator:
Johnson, Jehu W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Guards for Cars" (lines 5-6) intended to pervent derailment of railway cars, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 5, 1878
Creator:
Harding, John W. & Towell, Issac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ground-Squirrel Exterminators.
Patent for an "improved apparatus by means of which ground-squirrels and gophers can be destroyed in their holes, conveniently and effectively, and at small expense" (para. 4). The mechanism works by gassing underground vermin with sulphuric fumes.
Date:
July 10, 1877
Creator:
Dreyer, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 8, 1872
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History