Air Pump (open access)

Air Pump

Patent for an air pump designed to have a strong cylinder and be able to equal quantities of air upon both the upward and downward motion of the piston.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Keating, P. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stacker and Unloading Barge (open access)

Automatic Stacker and Unloading Barge

Patent for a Machine for Stacking and Loading Hay or Other Vegetation
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Conway, Julian C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Transmitting Attachment for Windmills. (open access)

Power Transmitting Attachment for Windmills.

Patent for a power-transmitting attachment for windmills "whereby the power of the wind-mill used for operating a pump may also be used for operating other machinery" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1918
Creator: Records, Paul A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Grinding and Removing the Valves of Explosive-Engines. (open access)

Device for Grinding and Removing the Valves of Explosive-Engines.

Patent for a simple, easy to operate device for the grinding and removal of explosive engine valves.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Forster, Earl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Topper. (open access)

Corn-Topper.

Patent for corn-toppers for cutting off the heads of Kafir corn, milo maze, and other similar grain plants.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Pletcher, Thomas S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Carter, Chester Clark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ochiltree Theatre Students]

Photograph of a group of Ochiltree students on a stage. In the foreground the folding chairs of the audience are visible.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History