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Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 84, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 84, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 76, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 76, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 17, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 109, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 109, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 28, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1900

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Aboard the Mohawk Galveston Tex."]

Postcard image titled "Aboard the Mohawk Galveston Tex. Maurer Photo" as written at bottom of the image. The photograph shows a ship with two decks of people at the rails. There is a banner on the second deck rail that reads: "Texas Shriners, Galveston-Rochester". There are lifeboats with a few people milling about on top deck.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Shriners bound for New York"]

Postcard image titled "Shriners bound for New York Maurer Photo". The image shows the upper and lower decks filled with passengers of a ship. There are three men on the dock in the bottom left corner of the photograph. A banner attached to the rail of the upper deck can partially be read as: "Texas Shriner, Gal".
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Journal. (Galveston, Texas), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 1900 (open access)

Galveston Journal. (Galveston, Texas), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 1900

Newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, September 12, 1900] (open access)

[Telegram from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, September 12, 1900]

Telegram from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. H. Kempner discussing the 1900 Galveston Hurricane and giving details about the death list, friends' houses gutted, churches destroyed, no trains operation for days, and there are ample food supplies.
Date: September 12, 1900, 7:56 a.m.
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Galveston Island During Hurricane]

Photograph of the Galveston Island during the 1900 hurricane. Several buildings can be seen on the road, as well as someone driving a wagon.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index (open access)

Index

Patent for "a simple and compact index in which the available space will be utilized as perfectly as possible". (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Hausinger, Henry August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam and Water Separator. (open access)

Steam and Water Separator.

Patent for improvements in steam and water separator to “eliminate water, entrained moisture, grease, or other impurities from steam at any pressure and automatically discharge the water of condensation and other impurities from the trap and permit the steam to pass in a thoroughly-dry condition to the point of use.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Separating Trap (open access)

Steam-Separating Trap

Patent for a steam eliminator for engines or other machinery to deliver steam with as little moisture as possible including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Cox, John R.; Wright, George H. & Reynolds, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times (open access)

The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times

This book covers the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the United States' deadliest natural disaster. It includes accounts from survivors and eyewitnesses, and photos of the devastation.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Lester, Paul
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times (open access)

The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times

This book covers the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the United States' deadliest natural disaster. It includes accounts from survivors and eyewitnesses, and photos of the devastation.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Lester, Paul
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for new and useful improvements in railroad rail joints, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Frog. (open access)

Railway-Frog.

Patent for "a frog for crossing rails at switches or railway-crossings" (lines 8-9).
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Barry, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Friction-Clutch (open access)

Friction-Clutch

Patent for "a clutch wherein the members composing the clutch are adapted to transmit motion from one to the other by frictional engagement thereof " (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Ford, James Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History