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The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1
Lithograph of an original newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included are camp, local, state, and national news articles; poems; advertisements; and a map of "Ford-Borrough." The manuscript was originally hand lettered and illustrated on unruled letter paper.
Date:
March 1, 1864
Creator:
May, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1
Lithograph of an original newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included are camp news articles, fiction, poems, humorous articles, advertisements, and obituaries. The manuscript was originally hand lettered and illustrated on unruled letter paper.
Date:
March 15, 1864
Creator:
May, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Old Flag (Tyler, Tex.), Volume 1, Number 3, March 15th, 1864
Newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included is a work of fiction by D. K. Meigh entitled "High-Bird, or, The League of Blood! A Tale of the Mysteries and Miseries of Ford City, Texas," an obituary, and other various news and advertisements.
Date:
March 15, 1864
Creator:
May, William H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Reporter (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1864
Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 31, 1864
Creator:
Hamilton, H. V.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]
Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date:
March 4, 1865
Creator:
Simmons, G. W.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]
Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.
Date:
March 4, 1865
Creator:
Simmons, G. W.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Hook.
Patent for a new and improved clothing hook. This design utilizes elastic, vulcanized rubber end-pieces for the hooks to hold the article of clothing more effectively. These end-pieces can be produced more cheaply than their threaded-metal counterparts, which require screwing on.
Date:
March 29, 1881
Creator:
Delany, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anal Speculum.
Patent for a new and improved anal speculum. This design is "to so construct the several parts that there will be no rough or raised edges to interfere with its insertion in the anal passage; secondly, to so construct [the] improved speculum that it may be readily used as a bi-valve or dilator; thirdly, to form a locking-joint on the meeting edges of the shells forming the speculum, whereby the sections are prevented from overlapping each other to avoid pinching or injury to the walls of the anal passage while the instrument is being inserted; fourthly, to provide a plug for [the] improved speculum" (lines 17-29).
Date:
March 25, 1890
Creator:
Shuford, Quincy Adams
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shirt-Starching Machine.
Patent for improvements in shirt-starching machines by using a combination of a shirt holding device having an oscillatory motion for one-fourth of a full revolution, and a semi-cylindrical starch-holding receptacle with longitudinal rubber bottom; when the shirt-holder is turned, shirts are crowded into the compartments, with the bosoms and wristbands hanging outside. When the door is closed, shirt-bosoms and wristbands are thoroughly starched. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1891
Creator:
Herndon, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Jack.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and economical lifting jack "which is particularly designed for removing and replacing the brasses in the journal boxes of freight, passenger and other railway cars, and which is so constructed that it can bear against the shoulder formed by the concave part of the car wheel in proximity to the tread and thus avoid the employment of special blocking for the jack, thereby enabling it to be quickly set and operated at any place without preparation of blocking as a foundation for sustaining the jack" (lines 10-21).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Quinn, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Splice.
Patent for an improved railway rail joints that consists of cross-ties, rails with the top flanges of the ends cut away, a joint plate, and bolts.
Date:
March 21, 1893
Creator:
Quinn, William & Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap.
Patent for a grease trap "in which the grease is designed to be removed from the trap automatically and the object of my invention is to cause the water passing through the trap to carry the grease out with it" (lines 8-12).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 24, 1900
Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 24, 1900
Creator:
Green, L. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Courier. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1902
Daily newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 18, 1902
Creator:
Green, L. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Jones to William John Bryan, March 2, 1908]
Letter from T. N. Jones to William John Bryan requesting that Bryan help raise campaign funds in Abilene for Senator Bailey.
Date:
March 2, 1908
Creator:
Jones, T. N.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Machine.
Patent for a wire stretching machine, which is simple to build and operate and is durable and strong.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Edwards, Henry & Sadler, Millard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 2, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 9, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 16, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 19, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 19, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 23, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly Courier-Times. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 26, 1910
Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1910
Creator:
Lindsey, S. A,
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History