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Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard. (open access)

Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard.

Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller and washboard. This design "consist[s] of the frame, the backing, the transverse rods secured to said backing upon one side thereof, the vertical strip upon the opposite side of said strip, and the transverse rods secured to the outer edge of said strip, the pivoted legs, and the bars" (lines 96-102). Said bars are pivoted to "side bars of the frame and at the other provided with elongated slots engaging pins on the legs" (lines 1-3).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bucket Bail and Lid Fastener. (open access)

Combined Bucket Bail and Lid Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved bucket-bail and lid-fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bucket and the ears, of the wires pivotally connected to said ears, the links pivotally connected to said wires, the cross-wire connecting the said links, and the bail loosely connected with the ends of the said wire" (lines 92-97).
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears. (open access)

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design calls for a spring with eyes at the ends so that the handles of individual blades may be inserted through them. Then, nuts fasten the individual blades to the spring, which makes sharpening easier and breakage less likely.
Date: February 22, 1881
Creator: Benavides, Cristobal & Arthur, Joshua P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Laredo City Council Minutes: October 28, 1866] (open access)

[Laredo City Council Minutes: October 28, 1866]

Minutes of the Laredo city council meeting describing their discussions and activities.
Date: October 28, 1886
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de los Dos Laredos

Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
Date: January 1881
Creator: Laroche, E. R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order] (open access)

[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order]

Card dated November 9, 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order. Sent to an address in Laredo, Texas from H. O'Neill & Company in New York City.
Date: November 9, 1885
Creator: H. O'Neill & Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: July 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1889 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1889
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1889 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1889
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1889 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1889
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: July 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo 1885 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Laredo in Webb County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: July 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Webb County

Cadastral map of Webb County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some features are marked in color and some sketched illustrations around the title. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch). Authorship is attributed to W.S. Porter, later known as the short story writer O. Henry.
Date: June 1888
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Encinal County

Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Encinal County, Texas. The center of Encinal County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Encinal County

Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Encinal County, Texas. The roads from Laredo to Rio Grande City and from Laredo to Corpus Christi, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1886~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation apparatus. This design "pertains to improvements in irrigating apparatus, having for its object to prevent the choking or obstructing of the nozzle and to effect the proper distribution of the water; and it consists of the combination and construction of parts" (lines 13-18).
Date: May 27, 1884
Creator: Chisholm, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp and Envelope Moistener. (open access)

Stamp and Envelope Moistener.

Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).
Date: August 5, 1884
Creator: Beaumont, David Greenleaf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Target. (open access)

Revolving Target.

Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Adams, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History