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87
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47
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23
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
2,231
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1,527
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644
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534
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348
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230
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200
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187
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167
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Month
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "is to provide cotton-choppers constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be chopped to a stand by the passage of the machine along the rows of plants, leaving the hills of plants at uniform distances apart, and which shall be simple in construction, readily controlled, and convenient in use" (lines 17-24).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Puls, Ernst C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "may be detached and used independent of the frame or carriage; also, that the tongue or pole may be detached and removed from the axle, and such axle, together with the bolster and hounds, may be applied to and used with the farm or other wagon. Thus by means of the attachments described a farmer can, by providing himself [or herself] with the pole and the attachments thereto . . . readily convert his [or her] ordinary walking plow into a wheel-plow by the aid of the hind wheels, axle, and hounds of his [or her] ordinary farm-wagon" (lines 72-84).
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Green, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvement in cosmetics by using various chemicals to enhance the cosmetics in which it “can remove freckles or tan-discoloration from the skin, and for improving the complexion.” (Line 5-6) Formula for the improved cosmetic is included. Instructions on how to prepare the cosmetic and how to use the cosmetic are described. There is no illustration.
Date:
February 25, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, I. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvements in the composition of cosmetics for removing freckles or tan-discoloration, including a description.
Date:
October 20, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, 25th Anniversary Summer 2021
Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date:
Summer 2021
Creator:
Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Building Construction, Texas Lutheran College]
Photograph of the Texas Lutheran College under construction in Seguin, a three-story brick building yet incomplete. Workers stand in a row in front of scaffolding and building materials, including a large pile of lumber at left, a scaffolding tower at center, and a wooden shed at right. The roof of the building, as well as brick courses for the eastern wing of the college (right), are incomplete.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Old Main Building, Texas Lutheran College]
Photograph of the old main building of the Texas Lutheran College in the 1910s. The building, a three-story brick structure with large wings on both sides, has two round towers embedded between the front entrances, with brick parapets lined with crenellations topping each tower. A long concrete sidewalk lined with shrubs and short trees leads to the front of the building.
Date:
191X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1918-19 Students, Texas Lutheran College]
Photograph of several unidentified students of the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, arranged in four rows. Female students occupy the middle two rows and male students occupy the upper and lower rows. They pose together in front of a painted backdrop on a decorative rug.
Date:
1918/1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Library and Typing Rooms, Texas Lutheran College]
Three photographs of the old Main Building's library and typing rooms at the Texas Lutheran College, marked (9), (10), and (11). Pictures (9) and (11) (left, right) depict stacks of books along bookshelves within the building's library; picture (10) (center) depicts typewriters on desks huddled in the corner of a typing classroom.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dining Hall, Texas Lutheran College]
Photograph of the dining hall in the old Main Building of the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin. Two rows of long tables with white tablecloths are furnished with pitchers, salt and pepper shakers, tea cups, spoons, glasses, plates, and napkins, each enjoined with several wooden chairs. Sunlight streams in through several windows along the walls.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Home Economics Classrooms, Texas Lutheran College]
Four photographs of home economics classrooms within the old Main Building of the Texas Lutheran College, marked (13a), (13b), (13c), and (13d). The photographs included are: (13a) home instruments on desks and and wooden stools; (13b) home instruments on desks with cabinets and stoves along the back wall; (13c) tables and sewing machines with a mannequin at right; (14d) a dining table with a white table cloth, wooden tables, and plates, bowls, and utensils.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lutheran College Students, 1913]
Photograph of ten several female Lutheran College students outside the main building. They wear white dresses, some with neckties, and look forward.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lutheran Students at Starcke Park]
Photograph of Lutheran College students along the Guadalupe River in Starcke Park, located in Seguin. Several students are dressed formally, wearing graduation caps, and are seated along the river banks on rocks and dirt in front of the river.
Date:
1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cadet at Texas Lutheran]
Photograph of a cadet standing in front of the old Main Building at the Texas Lutheran College. He wears a cap, a coat, and long boots.
Date:
1918/1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[End of World War I Celebration, Seguin]
Photograph of a celebration for the end of World War I in front of the Seguin Opera House in downtown Seguin. Depicted is a sign with a large flag on a wooden stump reading "Kaiser Wilhelm / Born in Germany / Died Nov 11 1918 / By order of the allies". A note on the back of the photograph tells that en effigy of the Kaiser was hung earlier.
Date:
November 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Basketball Court in a Field]
Photograph of a basketball court outside a field of crops near Seguin. Cars are parked along the side of the court, and spectators are lined up around the court's edge. Two baskets are on each side, with court lines crudely drawn in the dirt. Players in uniforms walk around the court.
Date:
1918~/1919~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Lutheran Old Main Building]
Photograph of the southeast side of the Old Main building on the Texas Lutheran College campus. It is a three-story red-brick building with stone quoins and architectural details around the windows; additional stonework creates a detailed roofline and a partial fourth floor. A lawn is visible in the foreground, including palm trees and trimmed bushes.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Receptacle.
Patent for a "novel, convenient, and ornamental bottle or receptacle, adapted to contain ink, a sponge, or the like, combined with a pin-cushion and a pen-wiper" (lines 11-14), with illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.; Terrell, Edward H. & Terrell, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Cabinet.
Design patent for a cabinet with a rectangular body and an internal horizontal partition.
Date:
April 5, 1895
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using coupler-head, coupling-pin, different shapes of plates, operating-lever and link-lifter to “couple and uncouple cars without necessitating a person passing between the cars.” (Lines 14-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
McBride, Thomas Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Axle Adjustment.
Patent for a crank axle adjustment "to simplify and produce and efficient crank axle that will efficiently perform its function in connection with the general structure of a plow or cultivator." (lines 13-17)
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that operates by loosening the earth around the cotton plants and chopping them by row. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Gesche, Eugene C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1926–27 Lutheran College Band]
Photograph of the 1926-27 Texas Lutheran College, arranged together in two rows in front of the Old Main Building. Four violinists sit along the bottom row with a clarinetist (second from right); horn players stand with other violinists along the top row. A large drum is placed in front of the band.
Date:
1926/1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Auditorium, Texas Lutheran College]
Photograph of Texas Lutheran College's auditorium room, which has rows of wooden chairs and a square stage set in a large niche in the wall. Upon the stage there is a grand piano, a table, and two windows along the back wall. An organ and a radiator are to the right of the stage.
Date:
1917/1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History