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[Baby Anson Holley]
Photograph of Anson Holley as an infant. He wears a white garment trimmed with lace.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for J.J. and H. F. Click: 1896-1919]
Accounting ledger documenting debts between J. H. Major and J. J. Click in 1896 and records for H. F. Click for "work in shop at 408 Akard St. Dallas, Texas in 1919." Most of the pages are blank.
Date:
1896/1919
Creator:
Click, John Jones & Click, H. F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
H. W. and Ida Greer Residence
Photograph of an exterior view of the Greer family home on Interurban Street in Richardson, Texas. The wooden house has a covered porch in the front with two doors. There are two trees in the yard. A woman, girl, and man are standing outside the picket fence; they are identified as Ida Huffhines Greer, Ruth Greer, and Henry W. Greer.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kit Store and Ike Story Family
Postmaster Isaac Henry “Ike” Story sits in front of the post office and general store for the community of Kit. The sign on top of the building spells out the name of Kit, but with an eye instead of an "i". People in photo: Nancy Story (wife), Ike Story, Lillie Leona Story Kinney (daughter), Opal Elizabeth Kinney (granddaughter), and Sallie Jane Story Bell (daughter). The Kit community was about a mile east of where Irving would be established in 1903.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Official Directory: Taxpayers of Dallas County, Texas
Directory of Dallas County Tax Payers in 1896, noting names, post office, acreage, value, city value and personal value.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.). Assessor.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Horse-Drawn Carriage]
Photograph of a man sitting in a carriage drawn by a team of horses, with a fence in the background.
Date:
[1896,1897]
Creator:
Bounds, H. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plat of lands sold to G. C. & S.Fe R. R. Co.
Map shows late nineteenth century Dallas, Texas properties purchased by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Scale [1:1,200].
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of an Unknown Woman, Side View]
Photograph of an unidentified woman, aged 16, depicted from the side on a white background. She wears a brooch on the back of her hair.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Williams
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes detailed illustration with business name and text reading: "Office of Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Co.'s Dallas Branch, Charles Meisterhans, Agent. A Full Supply of Draught and Bottled Beer Constantly on Hand," in lithographic print by Stephens Litho. & Eng. Co. St. Louis.
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 2, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2144: Ewing, Hugh F. et al (Minors)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ewing, Hugh F. et al (Minors) and Jno. W. Roach (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-01-04/1900-11-30
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2589: Jalonick, Margaret (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Jalonick, Margaret (died January 4, 1899) and Emma J. Eastland (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-01-04/1904-03-08
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Protecting Electrical Circuits.
Patent for an apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, and is an improvement on a previous patent (No. 537,932) issued to the inventor. This patent consists of "an electrical circuit, an alarm or indicator, a continuously-operating signal-transmitter at the protected structure operating to affect or influence the alarm or indicator, and a second or duplicate continuously-operating signal-transmitter located at the watchman's station, operating in unison with the first-named signal-transmitter to affect the alarm or indicator equally and oppositely as regards the first-named transmitter, whereby a signal is sounded or an alarm given only when the two transmitters are out of unison or when one is changed, varied, or interfered with in an unauthorized manner" (lines 72-86).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Meter.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight-Feed for Planters.
Patent for a sight-feed for planters with a rotable feed-disk brings the seed to the spout. "The operator who is following the planter may be enabled to accurately observe the workings of the same and the delivery of the seed, and thus see at all times that a proper planting is taking place" (lines 17-21).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1951: Hudson, Fossie (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hudson, Fossie (died August 8, 1897) and W.A. Hudson (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-01-09/1899-04-08
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 9, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning-Bracket.
Patent for a rigid, strong, and adjustable to different inclinations awning-bracket meant to be permanently attached to a building. It can be folded for shipment or storage.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 16, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1984: Pelt, Jno. C. & Lela (Minors)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Pelt, Jno. C. & Lela (Minors) and Sallie O. Smith (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-01-22/1899-03-18
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 23, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 2062: White, Arthur H. (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of White, Arthur H. (Deceased) and Martha J. White (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1896-01-30/1897-01-28
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1896
Creator:
Park, Milton
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History