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[Pampa Post Office, (wall near entry)]

Photograph of the Pampa Post Office in Pampa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pampa Post Office]

Photograph of the Pampa Post Office in Pampa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pampa Post Office, (wall near entry)]

Photograph of the Pampa Post Office in Pampa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake. (open access)

Rake.

Patent for a rake with curved ends and multiple teeth that hold the material and keep it from going to the sides.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Green, Ella M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine that also includes a wringer.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Biggers, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
File-Cabinet (open access)

File-Cabinet

Patent for a filing cabinet to be used in retail stores and business places. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Ball, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener. (open access)

Pencil-Sharpener.

Patent for an improved pencil sharpening attachment that attaches to the driving shaft of the motor of an electric fan. The fan serves the purpose of acting as a fan and sharpening a pencil.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Dodd, Chester C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Elevator (open access)

Portable Elevator

Patent for improvements in portable elevator devices. It is a cheaper and more efficient alternative to other portable elevator devices, designed with the purpose of unloading trucks.
Date: April 30, 1919
Creator: Kees, Homer Robert & Thomas, Elbert Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District (open access)

W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative images, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Bexar District Comprises the Following Counties: Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Gray," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names Will H. Bonnell, L. L. Lacy, Deputies.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new rotary engine containing a steam chest to hold fluid which flows into an exhaust chamber to reduce back pressure.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Rhoades, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Elizabeth Riche Hawthorne, April 29, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Elizabeth Riche Hawthorne, April 29, 1948]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Elizabeth Riche Hawthorne discussing how Kempner received the card and that everything is well at home.
Date: April 29, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Fire Station]

Photograph of the Central Fire Station in Pampa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable WIndow Shade Bracket (open access)

Adjustable WIndow Shade Bracket

Patent for an adjustable window shade.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Brown, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History