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Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Camp Ford] (open access)

[Camp Ford]

Text for a short essay published in the September 2014 issue of Texas Highways magazine about Camp Ford, a Civil War era prison camp near Tyler, Texas.
Date: 2014-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] hand-lever and two chains as used in combination with the spring-latch catches. . . . [It further consists in a] brake-lever attached to main lever, a spring and spiral to hold said main lever in place, and a chain to main lever attached to the spring latch-catches aforesaid of each draw-head" (lines 53-59).
Date: September 8, 1885
Creator: Jernagan, Alexander Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for a fruit-picker that has a jaw or jaws that severs the stem of the fruit, a fabric tube that brings the fruit to the operator or a basket. It bruises the fruit less than other pickers do.
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Williams, Thomas Page
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover (open access)

Grave-Cover

Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date: September 19, 1912
Creator: Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth (open access)

Harrow-Tooth

Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date: September 25, 1905
Creator: Smith, James Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for a press that reduces the bulk of cotton, "allowing it to be baled into convenient form for transportation. It consists in a novel mode of attaching the side of the press-box, so that they can be speedily thrown down from the cotton after compression to allow its convenient manipulation. It also consists in a new mode of connecting the follower with its superposed lever, so that it can be readily turned up out of the way when the cotton is being filled into the press-box. It also consists in a peculiar mode of combining lever and the two followers to clamp and press the cotton in between them as if in a vise." (Lines 13-26) Illustration is included.
Date: July 22, 1873
Creator: Nelson, David A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Breedlove Nurseries to Daniel W. Kempner, September 4, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Breedlove Nurseries to Daniel W. Kempner, September 4, 1951]

Letter from Breedlove Nurseries to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that they do not have any Italian Cypresses.
Date: September 4, 1951
Creator: Breedlove Nurseries
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to John Markowitz, September 27, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to John Markowitz, September 27, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to John Markowitz explaining that Markowitz is being denied a loan due to Kempner believing the loan won't provide the relief that Markowitz thinks it will.
Date: September 27, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Julius Markowitz, September 8, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Julius Markowitz, September 8, 1948]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Julius Markowitz discussing the latter's letter about the financial state of his company, Cal-Mark Printing Service, and loans.
Date: September 8, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Markowitz to Isaac H Kempner, September 25, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from John Markowitz to Isaac H Kempner, September 25, 1945]

Letter from John Markowitz to Isaac H. Kempner discussing the finances of his printing company.
Date: September 25, 1948
Creator: Markowitz, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julius Markowitz to Isaac H Kempner, September 8, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Julius Markowitz to Isaac H Kempner, September 8, 1948]

Letter from Julius Markowitz to Isaac H. Kempner discussing the unfortunate financial state his printing company is in, then asking for advice and/or a loan.
Date: September 8, 1948
Creator: Markowitz, Julius
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. W. Overton, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, September 15, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from W. W. Overton, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, September 15, 1952]

Letter from W. W. Overton, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing the luncheon celebration in Tyler that Kempner was unable to attend. Overton also discusses a letter from Kempner that was read at the luncheon.
Date: September 15, 1952
Creator: Overton, W. W., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker, September 28, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker, September 28, 1951]

Letter from Whitney Brokerage Company to H. W. Rucker of Sugarland Industries, discussing a car bringing upcoming shipments of 303 Peerless #1 Sieve Petit Pois Peas to both companies.
Date: September 28, 1951
Creator: Whitney Brokerage Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1991 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 5, 1991
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1991 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 12, 1991
Creator: Farmer, Betty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1991 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1991
Creator: Farmer, Betty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1991 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 26, 1991
Creator: Farmer, Betty
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1992 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 1992
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1992 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 10, 1992
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1992 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 17, 1992
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1992 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1992
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1993 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1993

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 2, 1993
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1993 (open access)

The Lindale Times (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1993

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 9, 1993
Creator: Sheppard, Anita
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History