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[Joseph Alexander Kemp]

Photograph of Joseph Alexander Kemp (July 31, 1861-November 16, 1930). Kemp was a prominent member of early Wichita Falls society. The photograph may be a photo from the Board of Commerce & Industry.
Date: 1883
Creator: Lester Jones
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car. (open access)

Stock Car.

Patent for a new and improved animal stalls in stock cars. This design "has for its object to provide these stalls in such a manner that they can be readily and cheaply applied to and removed from the cars; and it also has for its further object to provide for rendering the stall-partitions laterally yielding or elastic, and yet under such a degree of tension as to withstand or resist the movements of the animals" (lines 11-18).
Date: April 17, 1883
Creator: Lewis, Henry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History