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Air-Brake (open access)

Air-Brake

Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biplane (open access)

Biplane

Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel (open access)

Caster-Wheel

Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot-Tree Former. (open access)

Boot-Tree Former.

Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Roost. (open access)

Bat-Roost.

Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tie and Rail-Joint (open access)

Combination Tie and Rail-Joint

Patent for improvement in the safety of tie and rail-joints. Improves the connection so that independent movement of the tie and rail is reduced.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Knaus, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device. (open access)

Number-Displaying Device.

Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Jenner, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage (open access)

Bandage

Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Lupton, Minnie May
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Herring, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism

Patent for an "automatic fare registering mechanism...adapted for use in connection with rapid transit cars or the like," (lines 10-13).
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Savage, Harry & Baker, Willard L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission in San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a family in front of a mission in San Antonio, Texas. Weeds and trees grow from the adobe walls.
Date: January 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Clifton Kneupper, December 3, 1914]

Postcard to Clifton Kneupper, discussing a hunting trip. The writer mentions that they haven't shot any deer yet. The front of the postcard features a photograph of some bluffs along the left side of a small creek with a rocky shoreline.
Date: December 3, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor (open access)

The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor

This book serves to expose fraudulent doctors, practitioners and other professionals who treat individuals without the proper licenses. It includes detailed descriptions of malpractice, letters from a fake professor, newspaper advertisements for fake treatments and cures, as well as other miscellaneous prosecutions in Bexar County, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Dixon, Chas. D. (Charles D.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1914 St. Philip's Industrial School Graduating Class]

Photograph of the 1914 graduating class of St. Philip's Industrial School at La Villita. Four rows of girls are visible, with all except two wearing mortarboards. Buildings are visible on the sides and in the background. The girls are wearing dresses or jackets and skirts.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout Wade, November 13, 1914]

Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Ora Osterhout Wade discussing recent events. She says that she went to the carnival every night during the fair. The postcard has a picture of a house on the front, and it is addressed to Mrs. C. B. Wade in Temple, Texas. It is postmarked San Antonio, Texas.
Date: November 13, 1914
Creator: Chamberlin, Rose
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 1914

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 31, 1914

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 31, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 71, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 71, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1914

Weekly Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 18, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 65, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 65, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914

Weekly Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1914

Weekly Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 23, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 23, 1914

Daily Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 87, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 87, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914

Weekly Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 8, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1914 (open access)

La Prensa. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 85, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1914

Weekly Spanish-language newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1914
Creator: Lozano, Ignacio E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History