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Arc Lamp
Patent for improvements arc lamps that "will be uninfluenced by the jar of the locomotive" (lines 17-19). Consisting of carbon-carriers rotated by clock-train.
Date:
July 10, 1888
Creator:
Gaston, E. James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado
City of Fort Worth.; Texas Mikado. Fort Worth facts in footnote area of each page of text of play./ Subtitle on cover: The Texas Mikado./ Folded colored map inserted at front./ Advertising matter on leaves before and after numbered pages.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Smith, Ed. J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Eddleman, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top.
Patent for a new and improved carriage top. This design consists in "the combination, with a vehicle-seat, a series of top-supporting bows pivoted thereto, and a jointed brace having its lower end pivoted to the seat and its upper end to one of the bows, of a rigid operating-lever having its upper end pivoted to said jointed brace and its lower end adjustably connected with the seat, whereby the position of the lower end of said lever may be varied and the brace and top secured in any desired position" (lines 51-60).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Goelet, Edward Buncombe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the inner shell or cream-receptacle having the pipe formed therewith, and with the ring near its upper end, the outer shell having its upper end contracted to engage the ring of the cream-receptacle and inclose the pipe, and provided with the side opening at its upper end, and a valve located in the pipe to open and close by the action of the dasher moving in the cream-cylinder" (lines 1-10).
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Richards, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888
Aerial photograph of Ft. Worth at Commerce Street in 1888. In the center is a large strip of buildings, homes and businesses, surrounded with dirt roads and more homes across those streets. A store on the right corner of the black has a sign that reads, "Black Smith Shop". In the foreground are dirt trakcs, a telephone pole, and a few horse-drawn wagons.
Date:
1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out for Electric Circuits.
Patent for a new and improved cut-out for circuits. This design consists in "[a] cut-out for an incandescent lamp embodying, essentially, a magnet or solenoid in derivation from the filament, spring-contacts completing the circuit from the filament to the line on one side, and an armature-lever electrically connected with said magnet adapted to disrupt the circuit between said contacts and maintain the continuity of the circuit through itself" (lines 93-101).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
McDill, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental-Operating Chair
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of dental operating chairs.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Transplanting Trees.
Patent for a new and improved device for transplanting trees. This design consists, "in the combination, with a suitable head having pins or spikes around its edges, of a series of staves having transverse slots, with which the pins engage, and recessed on their edges to form openings for the roots to pass, and means for holding the staves together" (lines 83-89).
Date:
August 21, 1888
Creator:
Stanley, Thomas E. & Gulley, Calvin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bridge
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of draw bridges.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Briggs, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 90, Ed. 1, Monday, October 1, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 91, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 2, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 92, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 3, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 3, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 93, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 4, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 4, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 94, Ed. 1, Friday, October 5, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 5, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 95, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 6, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 6, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 96, Ed. 1, Sunday, October 7, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 7, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 97, Ed. 1, Monday, October 8, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 98, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 9, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 99, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 10, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 10, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 100, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 11, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 11, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 101, Ed. 1, Friday, October 12, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 102, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 13, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 13, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 103, Ed. 1, Sunday, October 14, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 14, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History