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Apparatus for Calcining Plaster (open access)

Apparatus for Calcining Plaster

This patent is for an apparatus for calcining plaster of any kind. Or an apparatus that keeps clean the inner surface of a revoluble drum for ventilating the drum during the calcining operation. The apparatus also provides for easily removing the material after the completion of the cooking operation (Lawrence, 1902).
Date: March 12, 1902
Creator: Lawwrence, Ambrose
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Kiln (open access)

Cement Kiln

Patent for a new and improved cement kiln for drying gypsum and other materials employed in the manufacture of cement and plaster.
Date: April 28, 1902
Creator: Malone, Samuel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement of the type commonly known as Keene's cement, which is harder and glossier than other types of cement.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Jones, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Plaster Kettle (open access)

Cement Plaster Kettle

Patent for a cement plaster kettle. This "invention is an improvement in kettles for cooking gypsum in order to convert the same into cement-plaster" (line 8-10). Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Malone, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop. (open access)

Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.

Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Harwell, Mace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Plaster. (open access)

Cement Plaster.

Patent for a cement plaster that is similiar to "Keene's" cement.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Cady, Jephtha Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

People with Plows, Buggies, Etc

Copy negative of one man and two women, all unknown. The women are standing off the to the left in the image and the man is working the plow. In the background there is a horse and buggy. On the farm there are horses and cattle. There are barns in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Distant Shot of Town

Copy negative of distant shot of an unknown town. In the foreground there is land with a few trees and in the background is the town. There is a water tower visible on the right and so are rooftops.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Heydrick's Ownership Map of Hardeman Co., Texas.

Survey map of Hardeman County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, boundaries, bodies of water, railroad lines, and roads. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the upper-right corner of the first sheet. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in red ink to make corrections and/or add information. Scale [ca. 1:48,000] (4000 feet to the inch).
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hardeman Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Hardeman County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: Bramlette, H. M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Red River Valley, Texas and Oklahoma, between the 98th and 100th meridians: In five sheets

Map of the Red River and the Texas-Oklahoma broader, showing county lines, sandy soil areas, bluffs, cut banks, and creeks. The bluff and cut bank heights are labeled, and arrows in the main channel of the Red River indicate the direction of flowing water. There is an inset map near the lower-left corner of the five sheets as a whole, covering the Texas-Oklahoma boarder in its entirety. Scale [ca. 1:31,680] (1/2 mile to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Floore, S. P. & Penick, Dixon B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lawton

Topographic quadrangle map of Lawton, Oklahoma, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location, reliability, sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Winnie Lee Evans]

Photograph of Winnie Lee Evans dressed in white and standing on a chair covered in fur. She is standing and has her left arm on her hip. She appears to be three years of age.
Date: unknown
Creator: Strickland
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Searching for Suspects] (open access)

[News Script: Searching for Suspects]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 5, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Quanah Times (Quanah, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924 (open access)

The Quanah Times (Quanah, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Quanah, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 1924
Creator: Woodson, C. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Quality in the Blaine Aquifer of Texas (open access)

Water Quality in the Blaine Aquifer of Texas

"The purpose of this report is to describe the water quality of the Blaine Aquifer, particularly as compared with public drinking water standards, and to analyze, if possible, any changes in water quality over time."
Date: May 2011
Creator: Hopkins, Janie & Muller, Chris
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Representative race] (open access)

[News Script: Representative race]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our stories: the Medicine Mound settlers' community scrapbook (open access)

Our stories: the Medicine Mound settlers' community scrapbook

This book contains some Medicine Mound family histories, extracts of news stories from the Quanah Tribune-Chief, and stories from citizens.
Date: 1997
Creator: Neal, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hardeman County, Block 2

Parent map for Hardeman County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hardeman County, Block 4

Parent map for Hardeman County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hardeman County, Inset C01

Inset map for Hardeman County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hardeman County, Block 1

Parent map for Hardeman County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History