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Rescuing Texas History, 2010
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Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap whose specially designed cylinders play a crucial role in tiring the animal while it is struggling to escape the trap doors Ultimately, succumbing to exhaustion and hastening its drowning in the trap's water reservoir.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Link, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1913-1915]
Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes the typewritten minutes of a director's meeting.
Date:
1913-10-13/1915-05-05
Creator:
Woman's Wednesday Club
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, November 8 1913]
Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated November 8, 1913.
Date:
November 8, 1913
Creator:
Jessie, N.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, August 2 1913]
Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated August 2, 1913.
Date:
August 2, 1913
Creator:
N, Jessie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.
Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Fitch, William Hubert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cabinets.
Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
Austin, W. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.
Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Pritchett, Ponder L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.
Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Causey, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a buckle that secures ends of bale ties so that they are not exposed nor endanger the hands of farm workers.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
McFarland, Frank Hays
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Stock and Freight Car.
Patent for stock cars and means for converting a stock car in part or as whole into a freight car.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Bertsch, John Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate
Patent for improvements for shipping crates, including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Dick, Archie P., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birdville School Group]
Photograph of the 1913 Birdville school students and teachers posing together in four rows outside a building. The boys in the front two rows are seated, with two rows of girls standing behind them.
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bideault Home
Henrietta, Louise and Nan Bideault in front of their home
Date:
[1913..1914]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee]
Letterhead stationary for the Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee outlining all the donors for the institute and their monetary contributions. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Field and Clarkson, was constructed between April and August of 1914 in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas at a cost of $14,668. The top left corner of the document shows an architectural drawing of the building.
Date:
1913~
Creator:
Hebrew Institute. Board.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate]
Printed marriage certificate (called a "Ketubah" in Hebrew) for Nathan Freeman of Waco, Texas, and Etta Rebecca Fram of Dallas, Texas. The couple were married on January 19, 1913, by Rev. Abraham Fram, Etta's father and the cantor at Dallas' Sheareth Israel Congregation. The Hebrew quotation at the top of the document translates as: "The voice of joy; the voice of happiness; the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." There is an illustration of a marriage ceremony at the top of the certificate in blue ink.
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mary Alice Bobo
Mary Alice Bobo, wife of Weldon Wiles Bobo, on 80th Birthday. They moved from Bedford County, Tennessee in 1870.
Date:
January 13, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Evalyn Stone School and Family Scrapbook]
Scrapbook belonging to Evalyn Stone filled with photos of family outings and time spent with college friends.
Date:
1913/1921
Creator:
Stone, Evalyn
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat
Patent for life boats to use for large passenger ships, cruise and other boats that can be installed at the sides of the ships for easy access during evacuation.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Intestine-Protector.
Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date:
April 29, 1913
Creator:
Miller, Robert E. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miss Taylor's Class at Old Bedford School
School picture. Old Bedford School, Miss Taylor's class, about 1913. Individuals are identified on the photocopy inside plastic sleeve with photo.
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1913
Creator:
Bowen, William A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1913
Creator:
Bowen, William A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arlington Journal (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1913
Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 31, 1913
Creator:
Bowen, William A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History