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Car-Door Cleat.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car door cleats or guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Miller, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Funnel and Dipper.
Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Hanson, Henry Harrison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressor.
Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Mayhew, John Daugherty
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam and Shank Attachment
Patent for a beam and shank attachment for attaching harrows to cultivators.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Trousdale, Robert A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Hook
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brining and Syruping Machine
Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Ogburn, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date:
May 29, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Clamp for Bedsteads
Patent for clothes clamp for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Taylor, Fannie L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Bradshaw, John F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for a foot trap for catching animals known for their furs that will prevent the animal from gnawing the trap or his foot off.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Roberson, Elige L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Mechanism
Patent for a sliding car door mechanism.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus
Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Spear, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale News and Reporter. (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1925
Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1925
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Pictures
Copy negative of ten cut out pictures of the Cummings family at Christmas time 1972. Pictured are Don McLeroy, Dale Cummings, Rhonda Jones, Gerald L. Kline, Jr., Lela Hefner Cummings, Carol McLeroy, Ron McLeroy, Randy Jones, Scott Baker, Steven C. Kline, Lisa McLeroy, and Kimberly Kline.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Smith Co.
Blueline format of survey map of Smith County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, railroads, and blocks of land. No scale information is given.
Date:
1855
Creator:
Willke, H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of John Hackler]
Full-length portrait of John Hackler, wearing a light-colored shirt and darker jacket, knee high shorts, dark tights, boots and a hat. His left hand is supported against the arm of a wicker photographer's bench while his right arm hangs against his side. A hand written note on the back reads, "John Hackler, Tyler, Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Rafferty, F. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Woman Leaning on a Wood Column]
Photograph of a woman dressed in dark clothing leaning on a wooden column.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Irons
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Tyler gas fire]
B-roll video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date:
April 1, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: March 15, 1992]
Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on Sunday, March 15, 1991 in Tyler, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order by President David Yeilding and asked President Elect Del Fowler to lead the group in the pledge of allegiance.
Date:
March 1992
Creator:
Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 2002
Program for the 107th annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 8 through the 12, 2002 at the Shertaon Tyler Hotel, 5701 S. Broadway, in Tyler, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was hosted by The William Barron Chapter, and was called to order by President Nathan E. White, Jr., in the Constellation Ballrooms of the Hotel.
Date:
March 2002
Creator:
Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes for the TXSSAR Second General Session: March 14, 1992
Minutes from an annual conference of the Texas Sons of the American Revolution, held on Friday, March 13, 1992, in Tyler, Texas, summarizing activities and business discussed at the Second General Session. The meeting was called to order by President Graham Martin with the invocation given by Colonel Ralph L. Smith, Jr.
Date:
March 1992
Creator:
Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library