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Lena Ellis on her 5th Birthday, 1894

Studio photograph of Lena Ellis on her fifth birthday. Her hair is short, dark and parted in the middle. She is wearing a large, long white dress with a sash and poofy sleeves. Her shoes are black with buckles and she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. She is standing on top of a grass pile with a wooden fence behind her. Printed beneath the photograph is, "Works, Cor. 3rd and Main Streets. Fort Worth. Tex." Written is, "Lena Ellis".
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Works
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 30, 1892 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1, Tuesday, August 30, 1892

Daily (except Sunday) newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894 (open access)

The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894

Daily (except Sunday) newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Wheeler, Jesse O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1899 (open access)

The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1899

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Monday, August 30, 1897 (open access)

The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Monday, August 30, 1897

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. TWELFTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 30, 1896 (open access)

The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. TWELFTH YEAR, No. 148, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 30, 1896

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 321, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 30, 1890 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 321, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 30, 1890

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 319, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 30, 1891 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 319, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 30, 1891

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 286, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1893 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 286, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1893

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 264, Ed. 1, Friday, August 30, 1895 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 264, Ed. 1, Friday, August 30, 1895

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 280, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894 (open access)

Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 280, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1899 (open access)

Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Shiner, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1899
Creator: Habermacher, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894 (open access)

Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Shiner, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Ward, C. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1893 (open access)

The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 30, 1893

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1893
Creator: Christopher, R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.
Date: August 30, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger (open access)

Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger

Patent for improvements to books by combining "a general record, a diary, a ledger, and index leaves, including the months and days of the week and alphabetical and numerical indices" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Meyer, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound. (open access)

Medical Compound.

Patent for improvements in medical compounds: "provide a new and useful preparation for the treatment and cure of kidney and bladder affections" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Page, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a "new and useful plow"(line 5). The plow is of "durable construction and adapt the same for a convenient adjustment of the standard, whereby the plow may be adapted to run deep or shallow"(Lines 10-14). Illustration Included.
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Jensen, Ole T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soap. (open access)

Soap.

Patent for a system of making soap and the amount of the ingredients therein.
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Gray, John & Simmons, Abner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Messenger's Picket. (open access)

Messenger's Picket.

Patent for a new and improved messenger's picket. This design "is an improvement in means of protection for express-[people] or express-messengers on railway-trains from successful attack by robbers. In other words, it is an improved form of bullet-proof cage or miniature fort in which the express-[person] or messenger may lock himself [or herself] in case of danger and from which he [or she] may watch and fire upon his [or her] assailants with almost perfect safety" (lines 7-15).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Hays, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pickle-Lifter. (open access)

Pickle-Lifter.

Patent for improvements in pickle lifters: "provide a device of the character set forth which is adapted for culinary as well as table use in lifting pickles, olives, or other edibles of a similar nature from bottles or jars, the parts of the same being simple and effective in the construction and operation" (lines 13-19).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Currie, John A., Jr. & Currie, Jose W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1893 (open access)

The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1893

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 1893
Creator: Smithwick, John P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1894 (open access)

The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Park, Milton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History