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Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date:
May 25, 1876
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, May 2013
Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date:
May 2013
Creator:
Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated May 20, 1858]
Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore and Moore's son Hamilton. The letter discusses De Cordova's upcoming tour of Europe.
Date:
May 20, 1858
Creator:
De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists of "the rotating disk or circular-washboard, faced with radial ribs and operated by a crank which is supported in a plane parallel to the bottom of the box, so that the circular board shall rotate at a right angle thereto; the galvanized-sheet-iron inner box, made with a semi-cylindrical bottom to receive the circular wash-board; and the separate detachable wash-board, provided with a semicircle of radial ribs, and which fits into the sheet-iron box opposite to the circular rotating board" (lines 18-28).
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Fuchs, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to William A. Taylor, May 28, 1910]
Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to William A. Taylor discussing the Dr. Durr persimmon, stating that it likely is no longer in existence.
Date:
May 28, 1910
Creator:
Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Stiles, Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet County Jail, (Front)]
Photograph of the Burnet County Jail in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 3, 1986
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet County Jail, (front door detail)]
Photograph of the Burnet County Jail in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 4, 1986
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet County Jail, (side view)]
Photograph of the Burnet County Jail in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 1, 1986
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet County Jail, (side view)]
Photograph of the Burnet County Jail in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 2, 1986
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Longhorn Caverns, (Texas Historical Marker)]
Photograph of the Longhorn Caverns in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 1, 1989
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Longhorn Caverns, (Texas Historical Marker)]
Photograph of the Longhorn Caverns in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 1, 1989
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Longhorn Caverns, (Texas Historical Marker)]
Photograph of the Longhorn Caverns in Burnet, Texas.
Date:
May 1, 1989
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1910 Post Office Building Photograph #7]
Photograph of the front of the 1910 Post Office Building in Marble Falls, Texas, prior to its restoration. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "1910 Post Office Building, looking east from Mainstreet May 25, 1984."
Date:
May 25, 1984
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History