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Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Child Leaning on Hay]
Photograph of a young child leaning on a small stack of hay. She has short, dark hair and wears a white dress, sash, and boots. She is standing in front of a background painted to resemble and outdoor scene and atop a floor strewn with hay.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
Casey, A. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Registration of Marks and Brands for H. D. Maxwell]
Certificate registering a cattle brand for H. D. Maxwell in Eastland County, Texas. The brand is a stylized 7, N, and L.
Date:
June 27, 1890
Creator:
Yeargin, John T.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1891 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1891 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mancill Bros.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrations and designs with business name, and text reading: "Dealers in Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work Neatly Done"; "Jewel Stoves and Ranges." Letterhead contains the names W. G. Mancill; R. W. Mancill.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bedder and Planter.
Patent for improvements in cotton bedders and planters in which when the machine “is used for planting, the seeding mechanism will be in place and the plow-beams are placed near together. The plow upon beam A will open a drill to receive the seed from the spout which extends downwardly in rear of the plow.” (Lines 114-121) “When the machine is used for bedding, the plow-beams are opened, and the seed-planting mechanism may be removed or simply thrown out of gear.” (Lines 109-113) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Parris, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1892
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
The patent is for a wire stretcher used to repair fencing.
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Dean, G. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eastland Chronicle. (Eastland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Eastland, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 28, 1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs.
Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Carter, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eastland Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1894
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. T. Maxwell, Wholesale and Retail Druggist
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business, decorative images, business name, and text reading: "Druggist Sundries, Stationery, School Books. Clocks, Jewelry, Wall Paper."
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Harrow.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cultivator and harrow. The cultivator beam has a v-shaped tooth, arms extending forward.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
White, William C. & Stevens, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adults and Children Gather for Country Sporting Event]
Photograph of a group of people posing together for a country sporting event. Older girls and women stand to the left and older boys and men stand to the right behind a fence. Many of them are carrying farming implements. A mixed group of younger children sits by an open gate on the left. A small livestock pen has a boy seated beside it to the right. The heads of two reined horses are visible in the foreground at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1896%
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1896 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1896 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cisco Round-Up, A Democratic Newspaper
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized business name and text reading: "Devoted to all the Interests of the People of Eastland County." Letterhead includes the names Preveaux & Thompson, Proprietors.
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Custer Cox and Schoolchildren]
Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages standing with Custer Cox in front of the door of a schoolhouse. The group is arranged in three rows, with younger children standing in the front and middle rows and older children standing on either side of Custer Cox in the back row. Cox is wearing a suit with a boutonniere and stiff white collar. The children in the front row are barefoot. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the mat says "Custer might be teacher."
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Men Posing with Horse-Drawn Carts]
Photograph of a group of white men and boys posing with their animal drawn carts in a clearing. Eight carts are positioned around a small mound. Most are drawn by mules, though Custer Cox can be seen with a team of white mares to the upper right.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Brass Band]
Photograph of members of the Lone Star brass band posing together with their instruments. The thirteen white men are arranged in three rows, with six standing in the background, five kneeling in the middle, and two sitting in front. A bass drum to the right has the words "Carbon Band" written along its rim and "Lone" written above a star. A United States flag hangs in the background to the left. The leftmost man in the back row is identified as Custer Cox.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History