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Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies. (open access)

Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.

Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1880
Creator: Booker, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock. (open access)

Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock.

Patent for a new and improved lock for forte-piano tuning-pins. This design consists "of an elongated or oblong metal plate provided with a slot in a part of its length and having one of its faces roughened into serrations . . . which, together with . . . correspondingly-toothed hooks bolted to said plate, form a clamp to bind two or more tuning-pins of a piano together, to prevent them from turning as a set or independently" (lines 16-25).
Date: March 2, 1880
Creator: Norcross, Levi W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches. (open access)

Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.

Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1880
Creator: Rossetti, John Theodore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a game device, designed for any number of players and in a bowling alley setting or similar. Included are illustrations of the device and instructions for building the device and how to play the game.
Date: March 30, 1880
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement. (open access)

Agricultural Implement.

Patent for a device related to plows, with a corn-planter and a cotton-planter attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1880
Creator: Chapman, William Arnol
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 5, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 12, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 12, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 12, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 26, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waller County

Cadastral map of Waller County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes were added in various colors.
Date: March 1880
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Starr County

Cadastral map of Starr County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some boundaries and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1880
Creator: Langermann, A. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Throckmorton County

Cadastral map of Throckmorton County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some boundaries and notes are marked in color with colored shading delineating properties. Various features are noted, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1880
Creator: Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colorado County

Map of Colorado County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Colorado County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 16, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blanco County

Map of Blanco County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The center of Blanco County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History