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[Courthouse Cornerstone]

Photograph of a cornerstone on the Tyler County courthouse in Woodville, Texas. It reads: "1891 T. S. Hodges, Arch - McKnight Bro's Bldr's".
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of Window Frame]

Photograph of a close-up of a grey and red window frame on the Tyler County courthouse in Woodville, Texas. An American flag is reflected in the window to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Courthouse Windows]

Photograph of a close-up of windows with red frames on the exterior of the Tyler County courthouse in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking Up at Windows]

Photograph looking up at windows with red frames on the exterior of the Tyler County courthouse in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Standing Under Awning]

Photograph of a man holding a camera standing next to a door under the awning of a building in Woodvile, Texas. Cars and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Staircase in Courthouse]

Photograph of a staircase inside the Tyler County courthouse in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Painting of Courthouse]

Photograph of a painting of the Tyler County courthouse mounted on a wall next to a red lamp inside a building in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Machine]

Photograph of a machine in a brick room inside a building in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pile of Round Objects]

Photograph of several piles of round objects on the ground of a building in Woodville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Office Building]

Photograph of the exterior of an empty two-story brick office building in Woodville, Texas. A street is visible in front of it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Brick Building]

Photograph of a red brick building housing two stores in Woodville, Texas. The street is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two-Story Building]

Photograph of a two-story red brick building in Woodville, Texas. There is a wooden bench in front of the building's window, and the street is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fine Arts Centre & Gallery]

Photograph of the exterior of the Fine Arts Centre & Gallery in Woodville, Texas. The road is visible in front of it, and there are more buildings in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore) (open access)

What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore)

Volume of "a collection of essays by contemporary folklorists who are writing about the customs and traditions and the songs and the stories that are going on now" (inside the front cover). It includes information about the folklore of cowboys, rodeos, chain letters and marijuana, as well as information about country, swing and gospel music. Index begins on page 301.
Date: 1976
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Vegetable-Cutters. (open access)

Improvement in Vegetable-Cutters.

Patent for "vegetable-cutters adapted to cut a number of slices by a single stroke, in which a series of knives, arranged in two converging tiers, are used in conjunction with a centrally-disposed block for supporting the article to be sliced." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1875
Creator: Goolsbee, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spectacle-Frames. (open access)

Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.

Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1875
Creator: Stewart, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay. (open access)

Bed Stay.

Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design "consist[s] of wires doubled at their center parts and twisted . . . to form loops . . . and diverged from said twisted parts and attached to the corner portions of the bedstead, and a tension and locking device consisting of a straining-lever fulcrumed to one of the loops and adapted to lock thereon and engaging the other loop" (lines 90-97).
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Bethea, Cade
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay. (open access)

Bed Stay.

Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Bethea, Cade
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Logging-Truck. (open access)

Logging-Truck.

Patent for a logging-truck that is a "simple and convenient apparatus which is operated by a team to raise the logs from the ground, and which thus obviates the necessity of using a hand windlass as is usually done" (lines 14-18). This is used in countries where it does not snow often.
Date: December 25, 1894
Creator: Brough, William, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Baker, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Wick Raiser. (open access)

Lamp-Wick Raiser.

Patent for a device designed to manipulate a lamp-wick in its guiding tube without cutting or injuring the wick, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: McBride, Martin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars.

Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to suitable electrically-operated devices throughout a train, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears. (open access)

Shears.

Patent for new and improved shears. This design is "adapted to be run along the top of the table or other surface, whereby the movable blade is adapted to be operated so that cloth, paper, or other material may be severed" (lines 9-13). It consists, "with a lower member provided with a handle, of a roller journaled to said member and provided with an elongated eccentric-pin an upper member pivoted to said lower member, and a rearwardly-extending projection from said upper member provided with a suitable elongated opening for the engagement of said pin" (lines 38-46).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Baker, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rest for Pivoting-Lathes. (open access)

Rest for Pivoting-Lathes.

Patent for a file-rest for watchmakers' pivoting-lathes with a "longitudially-slotted base and a vertical arm integral with said base" (lines 13-15), a holding-plate, and a thumb-screw.
Date: June 23, 1896
Creator: Miller, James K. Polk
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History