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Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator (open access)

Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator

Patent for an aseptic fountain syringe or irrigator for use by doctors that is easily cleaned and portable.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Leach, Shirley N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for the improvement of clothes pins "and has for an object to provided on their gripping faces with novel projections which contact in securely holding the clothes pin fast to operative position when applied." (lines 13-17)
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Mierzwik, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings]

A red Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including map tracings and reproductions.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[Conqueror of the Chiefs Tablet with Drawings]

A red Conqueror of the Chiefs writing tablet containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including ships, trains, maps, and automobiles.
Date: 1912
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Hester, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency-Spindle for Automobiles (open access)

Emergency-Spindle for Automobiles

Patent for an emergency wheel spindle used to towing a vehicle upon damage to the front or rear axle. The spindle may attach irrespective to any brake drum or rods that may be present on the vehicle.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Clement, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Foreshortening and Exaggerating Action Comics with Criticism]

Cartoon drawings of people in action - some drawn by Roy Crane, Jr., and some drawn by Charles N. Landon - with notes and criticisms handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girls with Dolls; Portrait of Mother and Child

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Ova Milling Brown and LaNelle Hefner in costumes holding baby dolls with men, a horse and buggy, and houses in the background, taken in Sweetwater in 1916. The second picture is a portrait of mother and daughter Lydia Young and Verna Nell Young taken in the mid 1920's in Eastland.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow with adjustable teeth.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Mierzwik, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1914 (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1914

Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 99.
Date: 1913/1914
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Texas Conference.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kingfisher Theme Tablet Cover with Illustrations]

The cardboard cover of a Kingfisher Theme Tablet, with small drawings of a small man, a kingfisher bird, and other small birds.
Date: [1911..1919]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Leader Tablet with Drawings] (open access)

[The Leader Tablet with Drawings]

A Leader writing tablet with a maroon cardboard cover, containing drawings and writings by Roy Crane, including illustrations of buildings, houses, battles, ships, trains, and automobiles. There are a few school exercises among the illustrations.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures Crane sent to him, along with his criticisms.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning comics Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten around and on the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning anatomy and action drawings Crane sent to him, along with his criticisms.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning close-up drawings of facial expressions and profiles Crane sent to him, with his criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures of several people Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricatures of people in active poses, including a German military man and a dancing skeleton, that Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning drawings of ankles, feet, and footwear Crane sent to him, with his criticisms handwritten on and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning caricature drawings of animals Crane sent to him, along with his criticisms, handwritten around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Landon, Charles N. & Crane, Roy, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.] (open access)

[Letter from Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr.]

Letter from cartoonist Mr. Charles N. Landon to Roy Crane, Jr., returning comics with perspective drawings Crane sent to him, with Landon's criticisms handwritten in and around the drawings.
Date: [1915,1916]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr. & Landon, Charles N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter Regarding Railway Line in Abilene, Texas] (open access)

[Letter Regarding Railway Line in Abilene, Texas]

Unsigned. draft letter discussing efforts to raise money for a short railroad line connection at Abilene, Texas, which was taken over by the Santa Fe Railroad and indefinitely postponed.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lien Release Confirmation from Henry Sayles] (open access)

[Lien Release Confirmation from Henry Sayles]

Document stating that Henry Sayles was the the legal owner and holder of particular vendor's lien notes upon the date that he released said notes.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor Vehicle Break (open access)

Motor Vehicle Break

Patent for an improvement in breaks, especially for motor vehicles.
Date: November 25, 1914
Creator: Stone, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History