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Fiber Separating Machine
Patent for machines for separating the textile fiber of various plants, and has for its objects generally to simplify such machines, perfect their product, and avoid waste (lines 11-15) with illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Allision, Samuel Benjamin & Dorrestein, C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.
Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date:
January 7, 1902
Creator:
Allison, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1909
Creator:
Auderer, M. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 4, 1909
Creator:
Auderer, M. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 11, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1909
Creator:
Auderer, M. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 18, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1909
Creator:
Auderer, M. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 25, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 25, 1909
Creator:
Auderer, M. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to I. H. Kempner from Galveston City Commissioners, May 20, 1902]
Telegram from Galveston City Commissioners to I. H. Kempner discussing congratulations on his settlement with bondholders.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Austin, W. M. I.; Lange, S.; Norman, A. P. & Austin, V. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from City of Galveston Board of Commisioners to I. H. Kempner and B. Adoue, May 12, 1902]
Letter from City of Galveston Board of Commissioner to I. H. Kempner and B. Adoue discussing authorization from the commissioners for Kempner to travel to New York in regards representing the bond-holders of Galveston City Bonds payment of interest on bonds.
Date:
May 12, 1902
Creator:
Austin, William T.; Lange, H. C.; Norman, A. P. & Austin, V. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Mayme Collins from Galveston, Texas]
Postcard addressed to Mayme Collins in Central City, Nebraska from Harry Bahl in Galveston, Texas; the picture on the card is entitled "Down she goes" and is a "Souvenir of Galveston Beach" and shows a girl diving into a body of water while wearing a dress. The note on the back reads, in part: "Be good and careful."
Date:
August 5, 1907
Creator:
Bahl, John Philip Herlin
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Harry Bahl to Mamie Collins, September 11, 1908]
Postcard to Mamie Collins in Waco, Texas from Harry Bahl in Galveston, Texas with an illustration of "Fishing Boats on Wharf" at Galveston. The picture shows a large boat surrounded by other smaller boats in the bay. There is a note on the back of the card that says: "Wish you were here to enjoy the sight with us..."
Date:
September 11, 1908
Creator:
Bahl, John Philip Herlin (Harry)
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signaling Device.
Patent for an electric signal device which has a shelf with a pad of paper, which when lowered signals a central location elsewhere. It is optimized for use by manufacturing companies watchmen and telegraph operators to send in reports of their location at various intervals.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
Baker, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal Device
Patent for a railway signal device used to "remind a telegraph operator of orders received concerning a given train" (lines 11-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
Baker, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Indicator
Patent for indicator "for vessels by which to show accurately and readily the draft of the vessel, as well as any list and pitch that may exist" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1901
Creator:
Bennison, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Withdrawing Casings From Wells.
Patent for tool for withdrawing casings from wells that is "easy to apply and convenient to manipulate while in use" (lines 15-17).
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Bennison, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Apparatus
Patent for an insecticide apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Berger, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe
Patent for pipe. It is designed to insulate against heat and cold for all forms of fluid conveying pipes.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Berger, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hame Fastner
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hame-Fastner" (lines 6-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1901
Creator:
Boyle, F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gear.
Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lighting Apparatus for Vehicles.
Patent for a useful lighting apparatus for vehicles in general by using a power-transmitting belt properly mounted on to the car-wheels to “which energy may be drawn from the wheels of the car and supplied to a lighting-dynamo.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Joint.
Patent for a flexible joint for rigid pipes that allows the pipes to be taken around a bend or moved around easily in the operation of a sand pump or hydraulic dredging machine.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Martin William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Guy M. Bryan to William John Bryan, March 4, 1905]
Letter from Guy M. Bryan to William John Bryan discussing his appreciation of Bryan's political stances on a particular bill amendment.
Date:
March 4, 1905
Creator:
Bryan, Guy M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History