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Life-Saving Raft.
Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Comer, Samuel A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Granary
Patent for ventilated granary. This patent is for better improvements of the granary which already exists. It allows for even better ventilation for grains being stored in the granary.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Elliott, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench used specifically for turning nuts or other related mechanisms that need a sliding jaw.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Device for Doors.
Patent for a display case that may be fastened to a door with glass panes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Nunn, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tom Bean Times (Tom Bean, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Tom Bean, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 11, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Will B. Munson, August 22, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter to Will B. Munson discussing changes to the fruit district boundary lines in Texas on the American Pomological Society chart of the United States and Canada and requesting Munson make a list of varieties suitable in the newly proposed district No. 11.
Date:
August 22, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Collinsville Times. (Collinsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Collinsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 7, 1914
Creator:
Carroll, E. L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tioga Herald (Tioga, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Tioga, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 31, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Seats.
Patent for "a vehicle seat and more particularly to a device securable to the under portion of a seat and engaging the side walls of the wagon body so that the seat will be prevented from shifting transversely of the vehicle" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Jackson, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Cotton Gin.
Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Neva Munson]
Photograph of Neva Munson looking at the photographer, wearing a patterned blouse and glasses.
Date:
June 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for improvements made to card holders, mostly for handbags and other cases much like luggage tags today. The patent describes and illustrates improved design and construction so they can be manufactured at an economic price.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Grabendike, Clyde C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Engine Starter
Patent for a new type of automobile starter, able to replace the hand crank. This device will be able to start the automobile without having to turn a crank, It will attach to the crank shaft of the engine and make it much easier to start the automobile.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Air Brake Appliance
Patent for " a safety air brake appliance for steam, traction or other railways, for each car" (lines 10-11). Including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1914
Creator:
Carpenter, Alfred A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. B. Brackett to Will B. Munson, April 14, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter from G. B. Brackett to Will B. Munson discussing the Alton peach, also known as the Minnie peach, and asking for more information on the variety.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Brackett, G. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvester designed for the harvesting of the cotton crop, including illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Door Brace.
Patent for a screen door supportive brace intended to maintain original rectangular form and designed to be installed without the use of tools. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Morrison, W. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to W. B. Munson, January 26, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter to W. B. Munson thanking him for providing information on the New Century Cherry grape and several other varieties.
Date:
January 26, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake, January 19, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake discussing several varieties of grapes including the New Century Cherry, several muscadine hybrids, and Last Rose. Munson includes the origins of each variety and published sources of information about the varieties.
Date:
January 19, 1914
Creator:
Munson, William B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. R. Lake to T. V. Munson & Co., January 13, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter from E. R. Lake to T. V. Munson & Co. discussing several varieties of grapes T. V. Munson reported as being suited to the Southwest of the United States and asking for more information on the listed varieties.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Lake, E. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking Mechanism for Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for harvesting the cotton crop, with a focus on the construction of the picker-spindles, including illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to W. B. Munson, January 10, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter to Will B. Munson discussing the origin of the Ellen Scott grape and asking whether which species it derives from. There is an handwritten note in the upper right corner of the letter.
Date:
January 10, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George C. Husmann to Will B. Munson, January 8, 1913]
Photocopy of a letter from George C. Husmann to Will B. Munson stating he received Munson's letter of January 5th and that he has mailed a copy of "Farmer's Bulletin #471 on 'Grape Propagation, Pruning, and Training.'"
Date:
January 8, 1914
Creator:
Husmann, George C. (George Charles), 1861-1939
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Will B. Munson to George C. Husmann, January 5, 1914]
Photocopy of a letter from Will B. Munson to George C. Husmann asking for a copy of "Farmer's Bulletin No. 471 on Grape Propagation, Pruning and Training" which references The Munson Nurseries.
Date:
January 5, 1914
Creator:
Munson, William B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History