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Combination Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved combination wrench. This design "is to provide a wrench whose moveable jaw is adjustable without a screw, and with whose handle are combined several useful tools or instruments" (lines 8-11).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Butler, Edward Martin & Campbell, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Jack.
Patent for a new and improved wagon jack. This design "relates to wagon-jacks, the object being to provide a jack of simple and economical construction which will be applicable alike to light and heavy vehicles. The invention consists in [an] improved construction" (lines 9-14).
Date:
March 28, 1882
Creator:
Clark, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1885 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
March 1885
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cleburne Chronicle. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 24, Ed. 1 Monday, March 15, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 15, 1889
Creator:
Scurlock, A. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1891 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
March 1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1891 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
March 1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Perforating Device.
Patent for "a combined gripper-bar and perforator for use on printing-presses." (Lines 8-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1890
Creator:
Wells, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a practical, simple, and efficient washing machine that cleans soiled fabrics with the minimum amount of labor in a small amount of time, without wearing out the fabrics.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Snider, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 6, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 13, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 20, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 27, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 4, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 11, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 18, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 25, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Mold.
Patent for dental mold, it is an improvement on patent no. 700855, by the same inventor. The improvement was to have open sides and large exit at the bottom of the lower neck of the mold, and a flask having a wide inlet in order to keep the molten metal from contact with the metal of the mold to avoid being suddenly cooled. (Lines 19-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1903
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Hadley, William Swain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which can be more easily turned without damaging the cotton plants.
Date:
March 1, 1910
Creator:
Snow, Orto S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Collecting Machine
Patent for insect collecting machine. This invention is for use with cotton plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Meek, Ada
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for improvements to cotton pickers providing a wheeled machine that will "remove cotton lint from the plants by mechanical means" (lines 15-16) with added new features to construction and operation, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles & Ascue, Elbert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grand View Rally Day]
Copy photo of a boy's foot race during the Grand View Rally Day on March 28, 1913 in downtown Grand View. Seven boys are racing with spectators on either side and even climbing the power lines. In the background are the Methodist Church on the right, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on the left.
Date:
March 28, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.
Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Knott, Miller & Bible, Adam Calver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History