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Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a skeleton glove for picking cotton that protects the fingers from chafing from the plant through the use of metal or leather thimbles on the end of each finger of the glove.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Adkins, Willis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie And Brace
Patent for rail tie and braces. This invention is designed to couple opposite rails of the road-beds of railways allowing them to be adjusted as occasion requires. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Barnes, Ned E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand Band
Patent for a sand band. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Barnes, Ned E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Box Cooler and Oiler
Patent for a hot box cooler and oiler. This device is for cooling and lubricating journal boxes of railway cars. Illustration included.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Barnes, Ned Eastman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Turning Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a weed turning attachment for plows, which is adjustable to different size weeds.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Baxter, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a type of insecticide for cotton and vegetable plants. Particularly effective for use against the "boll-weevil" of cotton plants.
Date:
May 26, 1903
Creator:
Bourlon, Eugene A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note of Payment by Jim Burton]
A note from Jim Burton of Splendora, Texas, about a payment from C. C. Cox to L. Burrow.
Date:
November 12, 1904
Creator:
Burton, Jim
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for an improvement in rotary engines, specifically in engines where the piston is operated by direct and expansive force of steam.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Carothers, Samuel Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, August 25, 1902]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US postal service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results from an audit.
Date:
August 25, 1902
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, August 27, 1900]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US postal service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of a June 30, 1900 audit.
Date:
August 27, 1900
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, December 4, 1902]
Letter from Henry Castle, US Postal Service auditor to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of a September 30, 1902 audit.
Date:
December 4, 1902
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, December 6, 1900]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US Postal Service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of a September 30, 1900 audit.
Date:
December 6, 1900
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, February 13, 1903]
Postcard from Henry A. Castle, federal US Post Office auditor to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, detailing the results of an audit that took place on December 31, 1902.
Date:
February 13, 1903
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, February 27, 1901]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US Postal Service, to the postmaster of Splendora, Texas, (M. S. King) informing him of an audit that took place on December 31, 1900.
Date:
February 27, 1901
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, June 23, 1900]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US postal service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of a March 31, 1900 audit.
Date:
June 23, 1900
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, May 31, 1901]
Postcard from Henry Castle, the US Post Office auditor to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the result of a March 31st audit.
Date:
May 31, 1901
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Henry A. Castle to M. S. King, November 20, 1901]
Postcard from Henry Castle, auditor of the US postal service, to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, informing him of the results of an audit.
Date:
November 20, 1901
Creator:
Castle, Henry A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from Splendora, Texas Land Survey]
A letter from Jerusha Compton to C. A. Work with an excerpt from a land survey. Handwritten beneath it are notes from C. C. Cox regarding the land discussed, a note that that Work married a C. H. Stadtter, and some arithmetic.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
Compton, Jerusha A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes on Common School District 15 Accounts]
Accounts for the Splendora, East Prairie, and Lost Prairie schools, listing equipment for each and their cost.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
Cox, Charles Claiborne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crown Card Company Card Set and Order Form]
A set of illustrated cards and a blank order form from the Crown Card Company.
Date:
[1900..1925]
Creator:
Crown Card Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender.
Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Dell Ge Bott, Jay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine.
Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine to remove insects (especially boll-weevils) from cotton plants.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine.
Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History