Dallas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1902
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1902 (open access)

North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1902

Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1902
Creator: North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a general lock but made especially for trunk locks. It adds a spring lock and preventative measures against lock picking.
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Kirk, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco Stemming Machine

Patent for the improvement of tobacco-stemming machines by providing "an arrangement for opening the leaves prior to being fed to the cutters" (lines 14-15).
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco-Stemming Machine

Patent for a machine for stemming tobacco.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Gas-Lighter (open access)

Electric Gas-Lighter

Patent for a gas lighter that is designed to be durable and reliable, with an improved method of controlling the supply of gas to the burner.
Date: March 25, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History