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Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1888-1889
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "1888-89."
Date:
1888/1889
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bobbin Winder for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved bobbin winder. This design consists in "the combination, with the main driving-shaft carrying a disk and rotated by the driving-belt of the sewing-machine, of a second shaft in axial line with the said driving-shaft and having a longitudinal movement, a disk held on the said second shaft, a bobbin held by its flanges in said disks, and rollers pressing against the bobbin in the front and rear" (lines 50-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Lewis, Annie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Uncoupling Device.
Patent for a new and improved uncoupling device for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head provided with a vertically-movable coupling-pin support and lifting frame, a spring holding the coupling-pin support in raised position, a catch for holding the pin-support in lowered position, and a lever mechanism for releasing the catch and effecting the uncoupling of a car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "consist[s] of the front plate formed with the integral strap loop or slot at its upper end, the teeth at its lower end, and the opening above said teeth, the rear plate formed with integral teeth at its lower end, side ears at its upper end, and the lugs below said ears and projecting beyond the outer face of the plate, the spindle passing through the ears and provided with a spring throwing the plates apart, and the locking-plate pivoted at its upper end to the lugs and having a [different] lug projecting inward from said upper end" (lines 83-96).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Lewis, Annie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock.
Patent for improvement upon a combination-lock.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Bergman, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to an improvement in car-couplings, and has for its object to provide a coupling by means of which the link will be held up and guided into the draw-head, and the coupling-pin held in position to be coupled and automatically thrown into engagement with the link" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 5, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck.
Patent for a new and improved car-truck. This design "relates to railway-car trucks; and it consists in providing the axle inside the wheel with a supplementary journal and shoulder and a supplementary journal-box supported above the inside journal by the truck-frame, said supplementary journal-box being immediately over the inside journal and arranged so as to support the truck on the inside journal should the outside journal become broken or inoperative by means of a hot box or otherwise" (lines 10-20).
Date:
September 11, 1888
Creator:
Tull, Francis Shalis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 228, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 11, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 208, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 21, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 205, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 18, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 18, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 19, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 15, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 354, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 14, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 15, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 20, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 20, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 187, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 31, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 310, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 1, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 326, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 17, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 17, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 258, Ed. 1 Monday, January 9, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 9, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 279, Ed. 1 Monday, January 30, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 125, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 29, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 312, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History