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Nueces County

Cadastral map of Nueces County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. A legal notice in the lower-right corner certifies the map. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nueces County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1913
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nueces County

Blue line print of survey map of Nueces County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, bridges, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:266,666] (4000 varas to 1/2 an inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: McDonald, H. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Darche, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Singer (open access)

Hair-Singer

Patent for a hair singer that contains the odor and smoke produced by singed hair.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Eldridge, Edward H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter

Patent for a more efficient and simple cotton stalk chopper with the ability for the chopping drum to be moved up and down in the on and off positions.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Thomsen, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pear-Burner (open access)

Pear-Burner

Patent for improvements in pear-burners of the type good for use with hydrocarbon fuels and adapted to be exploited directly by hand, for example for burning small objects located in positions not accessible.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Messerli, John J. & Mayfield, Jesse L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale Alarm (open access)

Scale Alarm

Patent for an improved scale alarm that automatically alerts the user to scales that are not balanced and is unaffected by temperature changes, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Rice, William Jasper
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Baptisms]

Photograph of people getting baptized in Bishop, Texas. They seem to belong to a church named "First Baptist Church."
Date: April 6, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History