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[Snow Scene]

Photograph of a rare occurrence in Orange, Texas, a snowy day. Trees, homes and yards are blanketed in snow during the winter of 1895.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Orange, Texas in 1895]

Photograph of Fifth and Main Street location in Orange, Texas in 1895. Main was only a bayou crossed by the Fifth Street bridge. The First Baptist Church is under construction in the background. Wooden fences surround nearby homes.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orange County

Map of Orange County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine Valve. (open access)

Steam-Engine Valve.

Patent for a steam-engine valve that has an "improved rotary valve capable of feeding and exhausting one end of a steam-cylinder, and easily controlled and operated" (lines 18-20). This makes the engine easily controllable.
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Ford, Andrew H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for a furnace or a boiler with an improved metal back plate instead of the usual brick arch. The back plate has flanged sections bolted together, and asbestos between the sections of the plate.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Moran, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History