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[Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer, April 20, 1962]

Letter from Chas. C. Thompson to Truett Latimer inviting him to the Tumbleweed Festival.
Date: April 20, 1962
Creator: Thompson, Chas. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Tumbleweed] (open access)

[News Script: Tumbleweed]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the town of Colorado City being designated the "Tumbleweed Capital" of the United States and the subsequent festivities marking the occasion.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Truett Latimer to R. L. Walker, April 19, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to R. L. Walker, April 19, 1955]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to R. L. Walker promising his support for HB 714, a bill affecting grocers.
Date: April 19, 1955
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Poultry-Crate (open access)

Folding Poultry-Crate

Patent for a folding poultry-crate. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Lightfoot, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan, April 17, 1905] (open access)

[Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan, April 17, 1905]

Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan discussing pulling their funds together to open a bank in Abilene and proposing an in-person meeting to cover details..
Date: April 17, 1905
Creator: Smoot, H. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902 (open access)

The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 12, 1902
Creator: MacEachin, Hec. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Reel. (open access)

Fishing-Reel.

Patent for improving the operation of fishing reels. Illustration and instructions included.
Date: December 3, 1895
Creator: Williams, Elbert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
usp015/00472545 (open access)

usp015/00472545

Patent for "a simple and economical device of this character, which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency, and whereby sand and dirt is effectually excluded and the grease or other lubricating material prevented from escaping" (lines 15-21).
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Miller, William J.; McBean, Robert S. & McBurnett, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History