Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: Burran, William Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mission Tejas State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Mission Tejas State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Mission Tejas State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interpretive Guide to: Mission Tejas State Park (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Mission Tejas State Park

Pamphlet describing major points of history for Mission Tejas State Park including information about the Rice family home. Pictures of the exterior and interior of the log cabin are included.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a new and improved truss for relieving or supporting hernia, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Oliver, Zebulon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Power Cut-Off Saw. (open access)

Portable Power Cut-Off Saw.

Patent for a portable power cut-off saw that can cut standing trees or logs on the ground.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Lipscomb, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digging Attachment. (open access)

Peanut-Digging Attachment.

Patent for an instrument that, during cultivation of peanuts, can be horizontally attached to a digging implement and cut through the peanut plant and discharge both the plant and peanut via the top of the cultivating device. The instrument is attached and angled so that the peanut does not suffer any damage during cultivation.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Rainer, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History