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Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miss Ella of the Deep South of Texas
Historical narrative of the life of Ellen Talbot and the region of Texas the author calls the "Deep South of Texas," meaning that area near the Gulf that combines elements of the West with those of the Deep South.
Date:
2018
Creator:
Allen, Arda Talbot, 1889-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miss Ella of the Deep South of Texas
Historical narrative of the life of Ellen Talbot and the region of Texas the author calls the "Deep South of Texas," meaning that area near the Gulf that combines elements of the West with those of the Deep South.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Allen, Arda Talbot, 1889-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Copy Print of a Photograph Showing Airplane Inspection]
Copy print of a photograph showing a number of national guardsmen inspecting an airplane's engine. In the background, more national guardsmen on working on another
Date:
August 5, 1936
Creator:
Andrews
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matagorda County
Map of Matagorda County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matagorda County
Blue line print of survey map of Matagorda County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:222,222] (5000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1920
Creator:
Atlee, Tom & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Despatch. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 12, 1844
Weekly newspaper from the Matagorda, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1844
Creator:
Attwell, James
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States Coast Survey : Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 55.
Map shows Texas coast from the mouth of the Sabine River to northern tip of unlabeled Matagorda Island; Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, towns used for triangulation, and areas of completed mapping by sheet number and date. Inset: "Mouth of the Rio Grande. Sub-sketch showing the progress of the Survey of Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 1854." Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:600,000] and [ca. 1: 400,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur.
Patent for a method to improve the free burning properties of mined sulfur by carbonizing the oil and eliminating carbon.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur.
Patent for heating sulfur under appropriate conditions in order to carbonized oil contained within, allowing stationary sulfur to burn without difficulty or interference from carbon.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Palacios, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 17, 1921
Creator:
Barnell, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1921
Weekly newspaper from Palacios, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1921
Creator:
Barnell, Laura
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to A. B. Phillips, July 18, 1927]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to A. B. Phillips asking if the Houston pipeline is crossing the joint holdings.
Date:
July 18, 1927
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Voting Machine
Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
Date:
February 17, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for a proportion scale used for measuring cotton seed and lint. Illustration included.
Date:
September 4, 1900
Creator:
Brown, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.
Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants
Patent for a simple and efficient machine "for distributing or dusting poisonous powders onto growing plants to rid them of destructive insects" (lines 9-12).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for improvements in scales which would quickly and accurately determine the proportion of the lint contained in seed-cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Brown, George Raymond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Historic Matagorda County: Volume 3
Book documenting the history of Matagorda County, Texas including family histories, businesses, churches, and schools in the area. This volume serves as a supplement to the original, two-volume publication and also includes corrections to the other volumes. Index starts on page 257.
Date:
1988
Creator:
Brown, Shirley Ledwig; Gibbs, Carol Sue & Ingram, Mary B.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for Non-Refillable Bottle
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Burch, Charles E
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Anastasio Bustamante, August 24, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Anastasio Bustamante, on August 24, 1827, discussing the possibility that Green DeWitt disobeyed the orders of the government since ships have docked on his property without the government's knowledge.
Date:
August 24, 1827
Creator:
Bustamante, Anastasio
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Neil Caldwell to O. P. Hardy, January 21, 1960]
Letter from Neil Caldwell to O. P. Hardy discussing the Gloria D. Hanson vs. James Alvis Hanson case. He says Ray Mason, Mr. Hanson's lawyer, made a request for an investigation of both parties but had not gotten a response yet. He implores Judge Hardy to help expedite the process.
Date:
January 21, 1960
Creator:
Caldwell, Neil
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - November 30, 1944]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, for work in District 7-B from November 18, 1944 through November 30, 1944 (2 pages).
Date:
November 30, 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - November, 1944]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, for work in District 7-B from November 1, 1944 through November 17, 1944. The reverse side includes a blank form.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History