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Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an automatic butter churn with illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, James, S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos (open access)

Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos

Patent for combined touch regulating and mute attachment for pianos.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Walker and Gorden Ronaldson]

Full-length portrait of Walker and Gorden Ronaldson, wearing matching light-colored shirts, long-sleeved jackets, and shorts and dark tights and lace-up boots. The boys are sitting together in a wicker chair with their heads tilted toward one another. A hand written note on the back reads, "Helen E. Cashin from Walker Ronaldson, age 7 yrs., and Gorden Ronaldson, age 6 yrs. Summer of 1902."
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903

City directory for Waco, 1902-3. Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[District School, McLennan County, Texas]

Photograph of school children in front of the 6th District School in McLennan County, Texas. Several boys sit on the ground in front of a bench, which is occupied by girls. There are both boys and girls in the back row, as well as an African American man at the far left.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Times-Herald. (Waco, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, December 28, 1902 (open access)

The Waco Times-Herald. (Waco, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, December 28, 1902

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 28, 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Times-Herald. (Waco, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, December 21, 1902 (open access)

The Waco Times-Herald. (Waco, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, December 21, 1902

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Townley Family]

Portrait of William and Bertha Amy Townley standing together with their young daughter, Vera Mae Townley, between them.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Vera Mae Itschner]

Portrait of Vera Mae Itschner as a baby, wearing a white lace dress and sitting in a wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Vera Mae, 5 mo. old. Had been sick."
Date: 1902
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Moody 1902 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Moody in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Brook Avenue Elementary School Students]

Photograph of Brook Avenue Elementary School students standing on steps outside of the school. Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow is on the back row with an "x" written above his head.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Brook Avenue Elementary School Students]

Photograph of Brook Avenue Elementary School students standing on steps outside of the school with their arms crossed.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Grave in Oakwood Cemetery]

Photograph of a grave covered in flowers located in Block 7 of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Guard (open access)

Trousers-Guard

Patent for a metal guard worn around the ankle. The guard maintains the shape of the trousers when worn and keeps the material from coming in contact with the wearer's legs.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Hardy, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Machine. (open access)

Ironing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful ironing-machine. "Invention is to improve the construction of ironing-machines and to provide a simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive one, designed for use both in laundries and elsewhere and capable of advantageously operating on all kinds of garment" (line 10-15).
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Dunn, William H. & McCurdy, Delo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Transplanting Machine. (open access)

Vegetable-Transplanting Machine.

Patent for Vegetable transplanting machine, it describes about new technique of planting a crops with effective irrigation technique
Date: February 10, 1902
Creator: Carroll, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Generator (open access)

Steam Generator

Patent for an invention that "relates to a novel generator designed with special reference to the requirements of motor-vehicles, but capable of use in any connection where a completely automatic generator of light compact form is desirable" (lines 14-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a locking nut that holds the bolt in place, prevent it from loosening.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Robinson, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Clip Board. (open access)

Memorandum Clip Board.

Patent for an improved clipboard, which provides different clasps to support checks and other sized items at specific points.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Dickey, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel. (open access)

Gun-Barrel.

Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm (open access)

Firearm

Patent for "a projectile adapted for use in guns having an elliptical and twisted bore" with an illustration.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a fan designed for use on a table or desk.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for improving the “’multiple cylinder rotary engine’“ (lines 9-10) through "controlling devices" (line 24) that are both automatic and manual and help engine pistons function more effectively. This patent builds upon earlier patents regarding motor design by the inventor, and will connect to a generator concurrently patented by the inventor. Detailed explanations and illustrations included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner

Patent for cotton gin feeder and cleaner in which cotton passes over the screening surface by means of a picker-roller.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Seifert, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History