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Blind-Stop
Patent for a blind stop for windows and doors. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Laundry-Extractors
Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Moore, Robert Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for a crude oil burner for use in steam boilers, which reduces fuel usage.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Owin, Elijah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle.
Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom
Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Hansen, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle
Patent for a bicycle propelled by the front wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Pipe
Patent for a discharge pipe. This invention is a flexible connection for use between the sections of metallic pipe in order to discharge material out of the dredger. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Berndt, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Cover.
Patent for a cistern cover that is easily taken on and off.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. This invention uses a ballast and simulates the appearance and motion of a floating ship under way. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination coat and pants hanger.
Patent for a combined coat and trousers hanger that is formed strongly of wire to maintain its shape and durability, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Collier, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a ruler that can also be used as a blotter. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Muller, Frederick William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston Bay]
Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston bay, 20 miles from port, taken from mail boat "Eva" as written at the bottom of photo. The schooner has three sails and is loaded with cargo. Schooner is pulling a smaller wooden boat behind it.
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1913
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 "1913."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Galveston: 1911-1912
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 "1911-12."
Date:
1911/1912
Creator:
Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Southern Hotel in early Texas City]
A front view of the Southern Hotel in early Texas City. The hotel is a large structure with three stories, and has porches along parts of the lower two stories. An early automobile is parked in front of the hotel. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen near the right side of the hotel. The roadway in front and alongside the hotel is dirt. To the left of the hotel is a one-story wooden house.
Date:
[1911..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Florence Davison's first party on Dec. 17, 1913]
Photograph of twelve young girls gathered around a table holding a large cake. Two older girls and one younger girl stand at the end of the table. The other girls are seated around the table, which is decorated. The girls are dressed up, and a number of them wear bows or ribbons in their hair. The table appears to be in a dining room with floor length drapes. Special plates are displayed on top of wooden cabinets lining the walls between the windows. On the back of the photograph is written: "Florence's first party Dec. 17 1913."
Date:
December 17, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[At the port in Texas City on August 19, 1915]
A view of one of the slips at the Texas City port. To the left a large cargo ship is anchored, with another ship directly behind it. On the right of the photograph, in the lower right corner, is the tugboat named J. W. Terry of Galveston. Behind it can be seen a dock and dock warehouse, with several dock workers visible. Behind it, at the end of the dock is a barge and another ship. In the lower right hand corner, embossed lettering reads "Naschke Galveston." Underneath the photograph, written in longhand, is "Texas City - Aug 19th 1915 - Two days after the storm".
Date:
August 19, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[At the port in Texas City on August 19, 1915]
A large cargo ship is anchored along a dock in Texas City. To the right of the ship, on the dock, several railroad freight cars are pulled up alongside the ship. In the right foreground, the railroad car bears the markings "STILMAS 18217". Four groups of two men each are gathered along the dock, talking or observing. The grain elevator is visible behind the ship. In the lower right hand corner in raised lettering is "Naschke Galveston." Underneath the photograph in longhand is written: "Texas City Aug. 19th-1915 - Two day [corr: days] after the storm."
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kohfeldt school in Texas City]
A photograph of Kohfeldt School in Texas City about 1910. The school is a two-story brick building. Five young children stand in front of the school at the left. Three children stand at the top of the front stairs. An adult is walking up the steps.
Date:
[1910..1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial view of Texas City after the 1915 hurricane]
An aerial view of part of Texas City after the 1915 hurricane. The Oklahoma Hotel is in the foreground of the picture. A building in back of the hotel has been demolished and lies in ruins on the ground. Other buildings in the photograph, including houses and other larger buildings, do not show visible structural damage. An automobile is driving on a wide road, across from the hotel, at the lower left of the photograph. In the lower right hand corner, the following information has been written on the photograph : Texas City Texas 9-28- Photo copyrighted 1915 by Martin Blandford 1542 Williams St. Denver, Colo."
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial view of Texas City after the 1915 hurricane]
An aerial view of Texas City, looking toward the grain elevator and the smokestack, after the 1915 hurricane. One and two story houses are laid out along a grid of dirt roads. Damage to fences and some outbuildings is visible. About mid-photograph, a large one story building has had its roof heavily damaged, and about half the building has collapsed. In the distance on the horizon can be seen the grain elevator, the smokestack and the water tower. This photograph is believed to be one of several copyrighted in 1915 by Martin Blandford of Denver Colorado.
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History