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American Brewing Ass'n Houston Texas
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with association name and trademarked image. Letterhead includes the name of A Kaulfers, Wholesale Dealer.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.
Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Penholders.
Patent for a simple and effective attachment for penholders. It is "readily and easily attached to a penholder, and which is adapted to protect the fingers of the hand and prevent them from coming in contact with the pen or with the inked portion of the holder" (lines 15-19).
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
McDonald, Michael Shaw
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]
Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date:
April 1, 1895
Creator:
Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for an improved and inexpensive railroad cattle-guard that "can be readily secured to the road-bed of a railroad, as well as easily removed therefrom, as in case of needed repair, or for other purposes" (lines 19-22). The invention provides an uneven surface for the cattle to walk on.
Date:
December 3, 1895
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steel Bar.
Patent for a combination steel bar meant to easily remove nails and spikes from board without bending the nails or spikes and without splitting the board. It can also be used to remove siding from houses and ships.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Valve.
Patent for a cut-off valve meant to improve shut-off valves with "valve-plugs mechanically actuated by rotary valve-stems provided with cranks or eccentric pins which loosely engage the valve-plugs and serve to shift the latter longitudinally to or from the valve-seats when the stems are rotated" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 23, 1895
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deed of land, 1895
Deed transferring land from Mary Jones, Samuel E. Jones, Sallie S. Ashe, and R.G. Ash to J.P. Magee.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment.
Patent for "an improved construction for draft attachments whereby we may dispense with the action of the ordinary doubletree or evener and throw the draft of each animal directly upon the axle-clips or fixed point of attachment on its side of the axle, thereby causing the draft of each animal to be independent of the other and avoid the tendency of the stronger, or in starting the quicker animal, pulling the weaker or slower animal backward and to one side of the line of draft." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Doubletrees.
Patent for "a draft attachment which shall prevent the swaying of the pole or tongue sidewise, and cause the draft of the animals to be independent of each other." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exercising Device.
Patent for an "exercising device for teaching beginners the correct touch on the piano to systematically develop finger [technique]." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Felden, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 241, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 1, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 242, Ed. 1, Monday, December 2, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 2, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 243, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 3, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 3, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 244, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 4, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 4, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 245, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 5, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 5, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 246, Ed. 1, Friday, December 6, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 6, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 247, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 7, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 248, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 8, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 8, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 249, Ed. 1, Monday, December 9, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 9, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 249, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 18, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 250, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 10, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 10, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 251, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 11, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 252, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 12, 1895
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 12, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History