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Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for an insect destroyer consisting of a steam-generator used with "removable drawers forming the fire-box and ash-pan of the generator, a safety-valve connected with the steam-boiler, and a novel form and construction of flexible discharge-tube, the same being provided with a cut-off device and with a socket-piece adapted to receive a handle by means of which the discharge end of the flexible tube may be elevated and conducted to any desired point" (lines 12-21).
Date:
March 24, 1896
Creator:
Maddux, Richard Calvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger.
Patent for a new and improved post hole digger. This design has "the combination of the head, consisting of a ring having vertical dove-tailed recesses to receive the blades or cutters, and provided with converging arms uniting so as to form a shank" (lines 61-65). The result is "a convenient, serviceable, and inexpensive tool" (lines 12-13).
Date:
March 27, 1883
Creator:
Switzer, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Austin to Stephen F. Austin, March 29, 1829]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James Elijah Brown Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on March 29, 1829, discussing the sale of a plot of land to a Mr. Battles, the loss of a horse, and the letters and money to be sent between the brothers.
Date:
March 29, 1829
Creator:
Austin, James Elijah Brown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment
Patent for a windmill attachment that allows the windmill to be operated either by wind or hand power without needing to disconnect the sucker rod from the windmill.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Kay, Henry P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Car Step or Running-Board
Patent for a safety car step or running-board for freight cars. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Dodson, Elijah C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Cam Wheel.
Patent for A Cam-Wheel that has opposite reversely disposed duplicate lobes of segmental form.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Andrew Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Comanche Public Square]
Copy negative of the front of a postcard image of a panoramic view of the public square in Comanche, Texas, with the courthouse visible above the rooftops. A handwritten note at the top of the postcard says "Thanks for Harris [...] It is beautiful [...] I had a [...] just like it. Our views [...] come yet. There I am [...] you are old once. Hilda"
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Southwest Corner of Comanche Public Square]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of the southwest corner of the public square in Comanche, Texas. There are men and horse-drawn wagons in the middle of the square, and Chilton Bros. Dry Goods in the background.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of First Baptist Church in Comanche, Texas]
Copy negative of a postcard of First Baptist Church in Comanche, Texas, with a handwritten note at the top that says "From Hilda Paul," mailed circa 1907.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Horse Creek Bridge]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of Horse Creek Bridge in Comanche, Texas. A handwritten note at the top of the postcard says: " Will sure visit S'-ville in a short time. Are anxious to see you. Can't you come over soon? Lovingly, E. W."
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Girls' Basketball Team]
Copy negative of the 1929 Energy, Texas girls' basketball team posing together in two rows with one girl lying across the laps of the girls in the front row.. The girls are wearing uniforms with the letter "E" on their shirts, and one man wearing a suit is standing behind them. The girl in the front is holding a basketball with "Energy '29" written on it.
Date:
March 27, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of East Main Street Bridge]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of the East Main Street Bridge over Indian Creek in Comanche, Texas. A handwritten note at the top of the postcard says "Thanks, little girl, for your card. You said you [...] a view of 'Mr. Coty' but couldn't find any." It's signed "Hilda" in the lower-right corner.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Comanche County Courthouse]
Copy negative of a postcard picturing the Comanche County Courthouse in Comanche, Texas, with a carriage parked in front of it.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Comanche County Jail]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of the Comanche County Jail building in Comanche, Texas, taken after 1908.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Comanche Presbyterian Church]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of Presbyterian Church in Comanche, Texas, with a postmark on the original photo dated February 29, 1908.
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Comanche, Texas from the Courthouse]
Copy negative of a postcard showing Comanche, Texas taken from the courthouse looking north, with Paris Smith Drug Store, C. L. Cox Groceries, C. M. Moore Hardware, and Dr. W. W. Sands Dentist visible. A handwritten note on the postcard says "Dear little girl, forgive my delay as I have been half sick. This is the street our office is on, only it is a little further east. Answer soon. Hilda."
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Indian Creek]
Copy negative of a postcard with an image of Indian Creek in Comanche, Texas. Two men are on the right bank; one is mounted on a light-colored horse and the other is standing with a hand on the horse's back. A handwritten note across the top says: "Honey. Thank you for the card. As I told you I didn't receive but one. Come again. Another Dublin view. We have no "city" views here but will have soon. Hilda."
Date:
March 29, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McCrary-Rauhut House, (Southwest oblique)]
Photograph of the McCrary-Rauhut House (located at 802 Austin Street) in Comanche, Texas.
Date:
March 9, 1976
Creator:
Hardy, Daniel
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 2014
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 20, 2014
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 2013
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 14, 2013
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 2013
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 7, 2013
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 2013
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 21, 2013
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 2014
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 27, 2014
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 2013
Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 28, 2013
Creator:
Kestner, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History