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[Downtown Rockdale]
Photograph of the northeast corner of Ackerman St. and State Highway 79 showing the Rockdale State Bank. Stricker's Variety Store building still stands.
Date:
March 30, 1948
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Rockdale]
Photograph of the Coffield Building looking down East Milam Street.
Date:
March 30, 1948
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Rockdale]
Photograph of buildings along Highway 79 in Downtown Rockdale looking southwest. Seventh building from the left still stands today.
Date:
March 30, 1948
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Rockdale]
Photograph of the interior of a store with man at counter. Store was located in an unknown building on the west side of North Main Street, FM 908.
Date:
March 30, 1948
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Composition.
Patent for an insecticide to kill red ants and "other noxious insects" (line 9).
Date:
March 24, 1885
Creator:
Howard, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Swinging Gates.
Patent "to simplify and improve the construction of means for opening and closing swinging gates," (lines 10 - 12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1892
Creator:
Rhodes, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deep Well Pump.
Patent for a new and improved well pump. This design consists in "the timber bed arranged on the bottom of the well, in combination with two superposed metallic cylinders connected by a stock, said stock being provided at the bottom with inwardly-turned flanges made fast to said bed" (lines 55-60).
Date:
March 22, 1887
Creator:
Clark, Alexander Evans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller.
Patent for a new and improved cotton stalk puller. This design utilizes "[a] pulling-wheel having radial jaws that are opened and closed by cam devices" when "[i]t is driven astride the [cotton] row, and will be found to operate rapidly and with absolute certainty. It is simple, durable, and may be constructed at a very small expense" (lines 79-84).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. F. Soria to John Herrera - 1953-03-30]
Letter from G. F. Saria of Angleton, Texas to John Herrera, Attorney-At-Law, dated March 30, 1953. Soria relates an incident of discrimination at a cafe in Cameron, Texas and asks if Herrera will look into the situation.
Date:
March 30, 1953
Creator:
Soria, G. F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Historian, Volume 32, Number 4, March 1972
Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date:
March 1972
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 29, Number 5, March 1969
Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date:
March 1969
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap
Patent for a breast strap with snap hooks that reduces wear on the strap.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, Ditus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Williams, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a lifting jack that releases automatically when the lever is pulled down, is easy to operate, and is powerful.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Yeager, Ernest Curtis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing
Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harrows
Patent for attachment of harrows that facilitate the use of harrows in pilling cotton stalks. This device allows the harrows to be in continuous motion creating efficiency in cotton pilling.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Taylor, David T. & Barker, Felix
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 29, 1945
Creator:
White, Jefferson B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 15, 1945
Creator:
White, Jefferson B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 23, 1944
Creator:
White, Jefferson B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1945
Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 8, 1945
Creator:
White, Jefferson B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 16, 1944
Creator:
White, Jefferson B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History