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Button for Billiard Counters.
Patent for a new and improved button for billiard counters. This design "ha[s] the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire" (lines 83-90).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
De Vitt, Phillip Melvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Day in Midland, Texas]
Photograph of a busy street lined with storefronts. The road is crowded with numerous wagons and horses and people. The caption on the image reads. "Xmas Day in Midland."
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of Annie Maude Aycock]
Birth certificate of Annie Maude Aycock, containing information about her birth and her parents.
Date:
June 4, 1899
Creator:
Texas State Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of Annie Maude Aycock]
Birth certificate of Annie Maude Aycock, containing information about her birth and her parents.
Date:
June 4, 1899
Creator:
Texas State Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland County
Map of Midland County, Texas, including the Big Bend Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
unknown/1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland County
Map of Midland County, Texas, including the Big Bend Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
unknown/1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from C. Bender and Sons to C. C. Cox, May 31, 1894]
An envelope from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, postmarked May 31, 1894, on both sides of which is some arithmetic in Cox's handwriting.
Date:
May 31, 1894
Creator:
C. Bender & Sons
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, October 25, 1894]
Letter from the C. Bender & Sons company to C. C. Cox asking for an overdue payment.
Date:
October 25, 1894
Creator:
C. Bender & Sons
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Case.
Patent for a "music case or holder for carrying, protecting, and using sheet-music, and is so constructed that by its use the music is not rolled nor creased, is held in place, and it is not necessary to take the music from the case when it is to be used." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Ray, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Masonic Group at Dr. Curtis' Home]
Photograph of a Masonic gathering at Dr. Curtis' home, seated in three rows along the front porch of the single-story wooden home on 117 W Wall Street. A band is gathered along the left, holding drums and brass instruments. Other men, seated, hold implements placed on white cloths in their lap. Dr. Curtis stands on the porch, close to the door in the back row.
Date:
[1896..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Baugh, Reuben P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[100 Block of South Abilene Street, Midland, 1890]
Photograph of the 100 block of S Abilene Street (later Main Street) in Midland, around 1890. Identifiable stores along the road include the Ray B. Wimberly General Merchandise store and the Favorite Saloon. Awnings cover the sidewalk, and horses drive along the dirt road at center. A windmill stands behind the buildings.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Legal Tender Saloon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names Truesdell & Gardner, Proprietors.
Date:
1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Legal Tender Saloon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names J. J. Westmoreland; W. E. Truesdell.
Date:
1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Llano
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "Polite Attention to All Guests of the House." Letterhead contains the names Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dunn, Proprietors.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City Meat Market, Midland]
Photograph of the interior of a meat market in Midland, Texas, displaying cuts of meat on a marble countertop with innards and other organs hanging from above. Three workers stand behind the counter along chopping boards and weights, with stacks of buckets and a large metal safe along the counter. Two workers are identified: Ben Ethridge (possibly left) and his son, Buster Ethridge; the third worker, obscured by the hanging meat, is unidentified.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Post Office, Front Desk, 1895]
Photograph of the front desk of the Midland Post Office in 1895. Three women stand along the front: from left to right, Minnie Sholte, Mrs. Ray, and Ethel Richardson. The front windows are shut with bars, and above them are signs warning of $10.00 fines. At right, a chandelier hangs from above, with a wall of opaque glass panes adjacent to a wooden door at right.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Vest Family, 1890]
Photograph of the Vest Family, standing together next to a building outside on the grass as a horse stands behind them. Their names are listed on the back: from left to right, Bill Vest, Molly Vest McCormick, Ab Vest, John Vest, Mrs. Nancy Katherine Vest, Doc Vest, and Tom Vest.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1896 Midland 3rd and 4th Grade]
Photograph of the 1896 classes of the third and fourth grade in the Midland school. They are arranged in eight rows along the front steps of the school building, and a young girl holds up a small chalkboard reading "Grade 3rd-4th".
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hunting Group Behind Midland Mercantile]
Photograph of a group of people gathered behind Midland Mercantile, holding rifles and rabbit carcasses. They stand on a wooden wagon driven by a standing horse, facing forward in front of a stable and a long two-storied wooden building.
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[D. Harrington Outfit]
Photograph of the "D. Harrington Outfit", gathered together south of Midland. They are mostly seated on the grass, some mounted on their horses, some standing next to their horses, and a few seated in the carriages. Several people are identified by number: 1, Jas Harrington (mounted on the horse, facing the photographer); 2, Andrew Allen (standing up with a hat, looking down); 3, E. Divi Harrington; 4, Irene Harrington; 5,Dot Twinning (cousin); 6, Pearl Harrington (all seated).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Sandstorm, 1894]
Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland on February 20, 1894. The sandstorm, dozens of feet tall, lays behind the small town, which consists only of several houses, water towers, and windmills. Two people walk between openings in a fence along a dirt path at right.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Symonds, H. G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Post Office, 1895]
Photograph of the Midland post office, around 1895, possibly located at 108 East Missouri Avenue. Mae Dyer (standing) sorts through boxes of mail placed in small cubicles along the wall, and Minnie Sholte is seated to her right next to a large desk. In front of the desk is a young girl wearing a cowboy hat, seated on a chair. A gas lamp hangs from the roof of the ceiling, and baskets are placed along the walls.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History