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Sash Holder. (open access)

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in window-stops, the object of which is to provide a cheap, convenient, and durable device for supporting windows, which may be set in the sash, so as not to mar its looks" (lines 12-16).
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Whitlock, James Howard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter (open access)

Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter

Patent for improvements in "a combined plow and interchangeable revolving seed-dropper so constructed as to permit of its being readilyconverted into a corn or cotton-seed planter with the least trouble" (lines 19-23).
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Peeler, John Wiliam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe. (open access)

Horseshoe.

Patent for improvements in horseshoes, which will have two parts that pivot together at the toe. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1891
Creator: Custer, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a simple cattle-guard that provides an unstable footing for the cattle without injuring them, and thus preventing the cattle from going onto train tracks. The cattle do not get injured when stepping on this device.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Brady, Peter L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rocker Attachment (open access)

Rocker Attachment

Patent for the rocker attachment. This invention relates to furniture and has special reference to a rocking chair provided with a resilient cushion for the rockers. Illustration is included.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Fitz, Will & Fitz, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Catholic youth] (open access)

[News Script: Catholic youth]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 8, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[T&P Train #610 in Valley Junction, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #610 in Valley Junction, Texas at night. There is a thin plume of smoke rising from the engine and a few people near the front of the train. Written below the image are "Valley Jct, Texas Feb 14th 1976" and "Allen Rider."
Date: February 14, 1976
Creator: Rider, Allen
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. Bedach House]

Photograph of the J. Bedach House (located at 805 Cedar) in Calvert, Texas.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Yancey, Michael D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oscar House, (Southeast oblique)]

Photograph of the Oscar House (located at 807 Cedar) in Calvert, Texas.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Yancey, Michael D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph THC_04-0642]

Photograph of a historic property located at 700 Texas in Calvert, Texas.
Date: February 17, 1977
Creator: Heck, Marlene & Yancey, Michael D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Aiken, April 9, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Aiken, April 9, 2002

Interview with Harold Aiken, a veteran of the Korean War from Highlands, Texas. The transcript includes a list of questions and Aiken's responses about his service in the U.S. Army (1946-1949) and impressions while stationed in Korea. While in the service, Aiken served as a truck mechanic for the 7th Division.
Date: February 19, 2003
Creator: Eakin, Elizabeth & Aiken, Harold G., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History