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Window-Shade Raiser. (open access)

Window-Shade Raiser.

Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association (open access)

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with company logo, business name, and text reading: "Office of A. Newby, Agent for Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, "The Anheuser Standard." Special Brewings: The Budweiser, Erlanger, Liebotschaner, The Faust Beer."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
D. Waggoner & Son (open access)

D. Waggoner & Son

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration and business name, with text reading: "Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Saddlery, Harness, Hardware and Implements"; "Live Stock, Cattle and Horses." Letterhead contains the names D. Waggoner; W. T. Waggoner; T. M. Holt, Manager.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History