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Well Stuffing-Box. (open access)

Well Stuffing-Box.

Patent for improvements on well stuffing boxes, particularly in packing the vertically reciprocating pump rod and keeping it packed over time, so that the stuffing box doesn't need to be dismantled for manual adjustments.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Church, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler (open access)

Sprinkler

Patent for lawn sprinkler that is simple, convenient and inexpensive device that can be easily and quickly attached to a garden hose and which the device has simple means for placing the same into operative or inoperative position.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Houston, Hugh Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamping Device (open access)

Pipe Clamping Device

Patent for improvements of a pipe-clamping device which is durable and easy to construct.
Date: August 25, 1915
Creator: Lincoln, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs Support. (open access)

Pipe Tongs Support.

Patent for pipe tongs supports to provide a pipe tongs support that will permit a pipe tongs to be so balanced that it will tend to maintain itself in a horizontal position which is the position in which its use is required.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Hoffer, Temple B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a gripping device for well-boring apparatus that allows the rotary gripping rings to be reversed and used as new when one side has been worn down completely including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Myers, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine Control (open access)

Engine Control

Patent for a car part that goes on the engine to help control fuel supply, and to keep engine parts from burning up.
Date: May 29, 1915
Creator: Craddock, L. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lavatory. (open access)

Lavatory.

Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Kavanagh, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Collar. (open access)

Drill-Collar.

Patent for a new design for collars to be used on water-flushed rotary drills, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Myers, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Pedal Attachment (open access)

Extension Pedal Attachment

Patent for extension pedal for automobiles that can be easily and readily adjusted and applied to any ordinary automobile pedal, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Harrington, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Massey Second Home]

Photograph of Mr. F.B. Massey's second home at 1103 Brook Street in Wichita Falls. The home was torn down later and is now the parking lot of the Cancer Institute.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 7

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 8

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 9

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 10

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 11

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 12

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 13

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1915 Sheet 14

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1915
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History