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[Adobe Bricks]
Postcard image of three boys wearing hats and overalls, posing with their pet goat in front of an adobe brick house, with the text "Adobe Bricks" handwritten in the lower-left corner. There is a large pile of adobe bricks on the left side of the image and a desert hill visible in the background. The back of the postcard reads: "Better keep these cards G.M. May send you some interesting ones later on. Signed, Walter." The postcard is addressed to: Miss G.M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365 and post marked August 3, 1913.
Date:
August 1913
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
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Advertising Device.
Patent for an advertising machine that is motor-operated and will display a succession of slides that can be shown during the day or at night. It includes a light to help show slides to the public, a shutter that automatically and intermittently displays slides, a lens for projecting slides on a distant screen, and a master slide to be shown with each slide. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Bernard, Oscar C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Belt Elevator and Conveyer.
Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Marston, Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Clamp for Molds.
Patent for improved clamp, which releases quickly when facilitating mold removal.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Watson, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Vacuum Dehydrator.
Patent for improvements in speed, cheapness, and more efficiency in continuous-vacuum dehydration and filtering for the purpose of extracting valuable ores with water including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Biesel, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks, specifically those used on the decks of ships and other vessels, to prevent the structure from becoming entangled with fall ropes or cables during operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Scanlan, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Economy Air-Brake Apparatus
Patent for improvements to railway air-brake apparatuses, including specifications for such improvements.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Canion, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Extracting Metals from Ores
Patent for the extraction of metals from ores by developing an improvement to the cynid process.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Biesel, C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Fiber Cleaning Machine
Patent for a machine for removing the bark or husk and pulp from fibrous plants. This machine promises to be smaller and more efficient than earlier models.
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
Vaughn, Henry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Figured Toy
Patent for a toy consisting of two human-like figures hanging from a wire that will move when directed by a crank.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Zivley, Dennis Corwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Film for Cameras.
Patent for photographic film that contains alternating sensitized and non-sensitized sections for the purpose of creating an initial exposure view as a guide to use when taking a subsequent actual photograph.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Sartorius, Oton; Gándara, José F. & Colonna, Benito
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Flying-Machine
Patent for a flying machine that is designed to have a lower center of gravity to facilitate more stable operation.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Garment-Supporter
Patent for a hose supporter for garments. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Zelman, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Ink Feeder for Pens.
Patent for a wire attachment to be added to the hollow of a writing pen. This attachment would enable more ink to be drawn into the interior of the pen, therefore allowing more words to be written from a single dip into an ink well.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Hine, Frank B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, August 2 1913]
Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated August 2, 1913.
Date:
August 2, 1913
Creator:
N, Jessie
Object Type:
Text
System:
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Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.
Patent for a new and improved locking device for steering wheels that secures the front axle of an automobile at an angle to prevent unauthorized movement beyond a small circle or curve, including illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Coleman, Oscar F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Metallurgical Process
Patent for improvements to metallurgical process that involves "seperating metals from their ores" (lines 13-14) under the right conditions and seeks to lower the costs of the process.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Dawson, Oliver B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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Packing-Box.
Patent for packing-boxes to improve and simplify devices such as plunger pumps, piston rods, and valve stems.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Snell, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
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El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 1, 1913
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1913
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
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El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 1, 1919
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1919
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 2, 1912
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 2, 1912
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 2, 1918
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 2, 1918
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 3, 1917
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 3, 1917
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, August 4, 1911
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 4, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
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