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Frank McKean & Co., Dealers in General Merchandise (open access)

Frank McKean & Co., Dealers in General Merchandise

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "Mountain Cedar Fencing Posts and Telegraph Poles." Letterhead includes the names Frank McKean; Geo. W. Coble.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas 1891 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Lampasas in Lampasas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas 1891 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Lampasas in Lampasas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas 1891 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Lampasas in Lampasas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1891 (open access)

Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Lampasas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1891
Creator: White, T. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for an improvement in windmills by providing “a number of converging blades which are arranged to the inner side of a casing, midway between the front and rear series of feathering wings or sails. These blades are arranged at opposite angles to the normal position of the feathering wings or sails. These blades are stationary and serve the purpose of deflecting the wind after it has operated upon the front set of wings or sails and directing it squarely against the rear set of wings or sails.” (Lines 90-101) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Monday, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History