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Combined Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cultivator and cotton-chopper, to "provide an improved cotton-chopping mechanism which is adapted to be combined with and operated in connection with a sulky-cultivator, whereby a growing crop of cotton may be plowed and chopped or hoed simultaneously" (lines 15-20).
Date: March 13, 1900
Creator: Blaschke, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for elevating and cleaning seed cotton
Date: March 5, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter (open access)

Band-Cutter

Patent for band-cutters “designed for facilitating the cutting of bale-bands” (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Manly, James S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horse and Buggy]

A horizontal black and white photographic print of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a buggy with wheels as tall as the man's waist. The man is in a field where there is one tree and a fence. The man is wearing hat, jacket, gloves and pants tucked into boots. The hat has a peaked top.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Andrew Whitley]

Photograph of Andrew Whitley of Georgetown, TX. He wears a suit and white tie, and his hair has been combed back.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Andrew Whitley]

Photograph of Andrew Whitley as a young boy. He wears a suit jacket and a patterned tie.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Wilcox, N. M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Olive and Andrew Whitley]

Photograph of Olive and Andrew Whitley. He wears a suit jacket and a patterned tie, while she wears a lacy gown.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Wilcox, N. M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Andrew Whitley and Eula Vaughan]

Photograph of Andrew Whitley and his wife, Eula Vaughan Whitley. They were married on March 13, 1900. He wears a suit and white bow tie. She wears a white gown with a pin at the breast.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Stone
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horse & Buggy by gin]

Photograph of early cotton gin in Williamson County. Mule pulled wagon out in front.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blacksmith shop with buggies out front]

Photograph of Mr. Law (on left) at the blacksmith shop in Florence with buggies parked out front.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Christian Church]

Black and white photograph of a large group of people posing in front of a white building. A hand-written note written on the photograph indicates one woman as Fannie Harris, and another note on the back of the photograph reads, "Central Christian Church," "1900," "Georgetown Texas."
Date: 1900
Creator: Goodlett, Dave
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Schwertner & Road]

Photograph of the city of Schwertner pictured around the turn of the twentieth century.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Patch Stubblefield With a Horse by the Courthouse]

Photograph of Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield's grandfather, William Oscar "Patch" Stubblefield, with his horse in front of the fourth Williamson County Courthouse built in 1877-1878.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men in Horse and Buggy]

Photograph of Two men with a horse and buggy in 1900s Granger.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Boy on a Horse]

Photograph of Boy on a horse with dog on way to school.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Girl on a Horse]

Photograph of Girl riding her horse on the way to school.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Street Granger]

Photograph of Street scene in Granger. Main Street. There is a handwritten note with an arrow that says "my place of business".
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Anna Maria Ireland]

Photograph of elderly Anna Maria Penn Ireland. She wears her grey hair in a bun. She is wearing wire-rim glasses and a dark overcoat.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Stone Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mule-Drawn Carts on a Street]

Photograph of a group of men sitting atop hay bales that are stacked on wagons drawn by pairs of mules. A line of storefronts and onlookers are visible in the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Wilcox Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgetown 1900 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. S. Hyer to Heber Stone - May 31, 1900] (open access)

[Letter from R. S. Hyer to Heber Stone - May 31, 1900]

Letter written by R. S. Hyer to Heber Stone. Describes the value of ore in a mine (owned by Stone?) and the costs involved in smelting it in order to make a profit.
Date: May 31, 1900
Creator: Hyer, R. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgetown 1900 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgetown 1900 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgetown 1900 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History