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[Postcard of Boy Running From Bee Nest]

Postcard of a blonde haired boy running down a hill followed by a swarm of bees. "I'm awfully busy," is written on the postcard. The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: July 14, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propelling or Power-Generating Mechanism. (open access)

Propelling or Power-Generating Mechanism.

Patent for the constructions of a propelling machine of a vessel, which is provided an electric motor in an engine as a power source for propelling the vessel.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Caldwell, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator and Conveyer for Concrete-Mixers. (open access)

Elevator and Conveyer for Concrete-Mixers.

Patent for improvements in elevators and conveyers for concrete-mixers “whereby the mixed concrete can be fed to the wall mold at different elevations, the elevator being extended and the conveyer raised for constructing the successive stories of the building.” (Lines 17-21) Illustration is included.
Date: July 1, 1913
Creator: Miller, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History