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Convertible Case. (open access)

Convertible Case.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in convertible cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Bill-Book. (open access)

Collector's Bill-Book.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in collectors' bill - books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1899
Creator: Ward, George Cooper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pedaling Brake. (open access)

Back-Pedaling Brake.

Patent for a new and improved brake and coasting pocket wheel for velocipedes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Wallerich, Nicholas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1899-1900] (open access)

[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1899-1900]

Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes a club calendar.
Date: 1899-02-02/1899-12-06
Creator: Woman's Wednesday Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wagons Passing Down Main Street

Horse and wagons in downtown Grapevine on Main Street. The photo was made looking northwest from a hotel located on the corner of Main and Worth Streets.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie, Jim and Lela from unknown sender, September 26 1899] (open access)

[Letter to Allie, Jim and Lela from unknown sender, September 26 1899]

Letter from unknown sender to Allie, Jim and Lela. The letter is dated September 26, 1899.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Mrs. Allie Smith from unknown sender, January 27 1899] (open access)

[Letter to Mrs. Allie Smith from unknown sender, January 27 1899]

Letter from unknown sender to Mrs. Alie Smith. The letter is dated January 27, 1899.
Date: January 27, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout, March 6, 1899] (open access)

[Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout, March 6, 1899]

Letter from Ellen Lawson Dabbs to John Patterson Osterhout about her daughter, Junia. She told him how she found the name and that she named her daughter that because she could convince no one else to use that name for their child. She ended her letter by writing that she had gone to Austin, Texas because she was interested in the Girl's Industrial School. Included is an envelope addressed to "Judge J. P. Osterhout."
Date: March 6, 1899
Creator: Dabbs, Ellen Lawson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Lula Dalton to Linnet Moore, April 15-18, 1899] (open access)

[Letters from Lula Dalton to Linnet Moore, April 15-18, 1899]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Lula Dalton and is addressed to Linnet. In this letter, Lula details for Linnet the goings-on in Burnet, Texas. She discusses rainy weather they have been having, memories about Cuckle Burr Hill, updates about friends and their plans, sad news about a friend's death, and a dialogue about going riding with Flora. She details the prayer meeting they attended and how she accepted Jim's invitation to walk her home. She tells Linnet about her trip to Aunt Mat's and that is planning on visiting Linnet and staying for some time. She hopes that the two of them can go to Colorado together. Lula begins another letter the next night, Sunday April 16, 1899. In this letter, Lula continues to update Linnet on the goings-on in Burnet since Linnet's departure. She details what she did on that Sunday and also mentions past happenings with her family. She notes that she has made alterations to her sailor shirt, plans to go to Georgetown for Commencement,needs to make a cake for the Baptist supper, and discusses a conversation she and Jim had about Linnet. The remaining pages of the …
Date: {1899-04-15..1899-04-16,1899-04-18}
Creator: Dalton, Lula
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900. (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900.

Directory to the city of Fort Worth, Texas includes lists of important institutions and locations as well as address listings for businesses and individuals. Index to Advertisements is on page 7; Table of Contents is on page 8.
Date: 1899
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Woman Wearing a Neck Ribbon]

Photograph of a woman, possibly Gladys Landrum, with dark hair wearing a white dress with a high, lace collar, and a large ruffle that falls over her shoulders. "Gladys Landrum?" is written on the back.
Date: 1899~
Creator: Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Fastener. (open access)

Window-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful window fastener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: James, Will S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for an improvement in valves which "is adapted for connection with pipes or conduits for conducting water, steam, or other fluids; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance of this character possessing the functions of both a globe and a check valve; and it is adapted to advantageously control the flow of liquid no matter what position or its casing may occupy" (lines 7-15). It includes instructions and illustrations..
Date: August 15, 1899
Creator: Thummel, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instep Bearing Or Guard For Stirrups. (open access)

Instep Bearing Or Guard For Stirrups.

Patent for a new and improved instep bearing or guard for stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Kellner, Charles J. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mail bag catchers and deliverers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Bresland, Sylvester E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Puzzle for Toy. (open access)

Marine Puzzle for Toy.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in marine puzzles or toys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Butz, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer. (open access)

Poison-Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved machine for "distributing poison upon vines and plants that will be under the complete control of one man and which is operation will not injure the plants being treated and which will also insure an equal distribution of poison simultaneously upon three to seven or more rows of plants" (line 7 - 14).
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Richter, Frank L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pass-Book (open access)

Pass-Book

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pass books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Martin, Thomas P., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Sourer. (open access)

Grain-Sourer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grain scourers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1899
Creator: McLellan, Frederick A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot. (open access)

Folding Cot.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement in folding cots, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Martindale, James Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows. (open access)

Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seeding attachments for disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Rogers, Jonathan Judson & Kennedy, Oliver Sylvester
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary And Folding Chair. (open access)

Rotary And Folding Chair.

Patent for a new and improved rotary and folding chair, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Hosmer, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewel-Setting. (open access)

Jewel-Setting.

Patent for a new and useful jewel setting, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Wandry, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History