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Byers Post Office

Postmaster Sheridan Baker Householder sits in a chair in his den behind the Byers post office. He was postmaster fronm 1914-1918. The room has a small potbelly stove for heat, a safe with the door ajar, and decoratrive wallpaper in the walls and ceilings.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Family Home

Mrs. S. V. Camp and Thelma sitting on the porch of the Camp family home in Riverland Community.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Click, Washington B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Device. (open access)

Draft Device.

Patent for a drafting device for animals. It allows for the owner to place more animals on one side of the device than the other, but still allows the device to remain on the desired path.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Mitchell, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914 (open access)

The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1914

Semi-weekly newspaper from Petrolia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1914
Creator: Thomason, Frank W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History