Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that improves their construction by "providing a link which may be readily directed to the draw-head of a car to be coupled without necessitating going between cars" (lines 12-14).
Date: January 10, 1893
Creator: McDade, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1893 (open access)

Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1893
Creator: Mayfield, Fred F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bethel School Students]

Photograph of a group of students of different ages standing as a group in front of a wooden building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says: "Antonio Frank, Jr., Dacus, Tex., Bethel School."
Date: January 4, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, January 21, 1895] (open access)

[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, January 21, 1895]

Letter from the C. Bender & Sons company to C. C. Cox about an unspecified shipment. The envelope is included.
Date: January 21, 1895
Creator: C. Bender & Sons
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture to M. S. King, January 30, 1896]

Postcard from the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton to M. S. King of New Caney, Texas, informing him that the department has no seeds for distribution.
Date: January 30, 1896
Creator: Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, January 13, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, January 13, 1896]

Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox discussing Elkins' health and property sales.
Date: January 13, 1896
Creator: Elkins, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History