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Tongue Support for Binders (open access)

Tongue Support for Binders

Patent for a tongue support for binders. "A device of this nature for supporting tongues of binders or other machines, in order to remove the weight and the strain from the necks of the animals" (lines 15-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Loe, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder (open access)

Umbrella-Holder

Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Rauch, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot-Air Mixer (open access)

Hot-Air Mixer

Patent for a device that will create hot air to be delivered to the manifold of gas-powered engines in motor vehicles when the operator pushes a plunger that will open an intake valve.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Ingraham, Jerome H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment For Cultivators. (open access)

Planting Attachment For Cultivators.

Patent for a new and improved planting attachment for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1900
Creator: Nelson, Samuel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Horned Stock (open access)

Guard for Horned Stock

Patent for an attachment to be fitted to any horned animal to prevent it from going over, under, or through wire fences using hooks attached to the horns to hook the fence as the animal attempts to cross it. Hooks can be made to any length specification.
Date: November 22, 1892
Creator: Tackitt, Louis L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quick-Adjustable Wrench. (open access)

Quick-Adjustable Wrench.

Patent for a quick-adjustable wrench "of novel and improved construction, as well as being thoroughly practical and efficient in use" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1920
Creator: Shoopman, Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of county records, Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Knox County Courthouse, Benjamin, Texas

Inventory of records of Knox County housed in the Knox County Courthouse in Benjamin, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk: as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk: as Recorder, County Clerk: as Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, and County Treasurer Also provides an index.
Date: 1980
Creator: Fortin, Maurice G.; Saxon, Gerald; Marmion, Daniel & Summerville, John R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamp (open access)

Rail-Clamp

Patent for a rail clamp to "prevent spreading of the rails"(lines 10-11).
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Ausburn, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match Box. (open access)

Match Box.

Patent for match box that allows the removal of one match at a time, with the addition of a jointed figure for amusement and delight.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Norvill, Ruel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State of Texas, County of Knox (open access)

The State of Texas, County of Knox

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name as well as decorative illustrations in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead includes names of County Officials J. J. Truscott, Judge; R. S. Holman, Co. & Dist. Clerk; T. D. Isbell, Sheriff & Tax Coll.; B. C. Bedford, Treasurer; J. N. Campbell, Attorney; G. L. Crum, Surveyor; W. W. Weatherley, Assessor; County Commissioners T. P. Reeder, Precinct No. 1; G. B. Stewart, Precinct No. 2; J. A. Spinks, Precinct No. 3; W. H. Benedict, Precinct No. 4.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knox County (open access)

Knox County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name as well as decorative designs. Letterhead includes names of County Officers C. Hood, Judge; E. J. Burch, Sheriff; J. H. Stewart, District and County Clerk; J. P. Thomas, Treasurer; [?] A. Bedford, Surveyor; R. S. Holman, County Attorney; S. W. Nelson, Assessor; County Commissioners H. F. Young, Precinct No. 1; Geo. E. Truscott, Precinct No. 2; G. W. [?]llard, Precinct No. 3; N. W. Newson, Precinct No. 4.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dr. G. H. Beavers, Dealer in Drugs and Druggists Sundries (open access)

Dr. G. H. Beavers, Dealer in Drugs and Druggists Sundries

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
G. L. Crum, County Surveyor, Knox County (open access)

G. L. Crum, County Surveyor, Knox County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized text of business name.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for an elevating truck, which will improve the ability to use a hoist to lift heavy loads.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wadlington, David M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for a fumigator for fumigating crops that can spray two rows at a time.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Lee, Oliver W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a machine for harvesting cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Pierce, John Earl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a seed planter that provides improvements upon a riding or wheel planting plow.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Johnson, W. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ring for Disseminating Perfumes, &c. (open access)

Ring for Disseminating Perfumes, &c.

Patent for "an improved device for disseminating chemicals, perfumes and the like ... in the nature of a ring which may be worn on either finger, toe, arm, or any part of the body and which constitutes a container for the material to be disseminated." (p.1 lines 9-15). The "outlet ... openings [of the ring] ... are normally obstructed to some extent by contact with the member on which it is worn so that the escape of the material contained will be slow and gradual." (p.1 lines 18-23)
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Griffin, William H. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, May 21, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne, May 21, 1952]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Oakleigh L. Thorne discussing politics in Texas and buying and selling land. Mr. Kempner also informs Mr. Thorne he has sent him a case of Monte Carlo cigars.
Date: May 21, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for a handheld fruit picker, which does not injure the fruit.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Gier, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker (open access)

Fruit Picker

Patent for a fruit picker. This device is intended for the use of detaching fruit, consisting of various sizes, from trees. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Gier, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalance for Pump-Rods (open access)

Counterbalance for Pump-Rods

Patent for a counterbalance for pump rods that increases the efficiency of the pump.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Bowman, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History