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Aerial Projectile
Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date:
September 25, 1918
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Drill.
Patent for detachable heads and plates for frusco-conical rollers that allow for space between drills, including illustrations.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Refrigerators and the Like
Patent is to "provide a simple and efficient construction of doors or lids for refrigerators, refrigerator cars, ice boxes, fireless cookers, telephone booths and the like, and as fire doors for storage houses, and wherever it is necessary or desirable to provide for facility of movement in opening or shrinking, due to head or cold, dampness or dryness, or other climatic or atmospheric or similar changes or conditions, while insuring an air tight, smoke, fire and bug proof, and heat insulating closure and seating joint, regardless or vibration of the receptacle on the door frame and of the size or shape of the door or lid." (lines 9-24).
Date:
May 28, 1918
Creator:
Seifert, John W. of Houston, TX
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charge Firing Pin
Patent for a new improvement in Charge - Firing Pens by John N. Swanson. Designed for bombs and torpedoes to create a simple firing pen mechanism that is simple, yet prevents accidental detonation of munitions
Date:
January 14, 1918
Creator:
Swanson, John N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Maximum-Speed Controller
Patent for improvements is construction and adaptation of a gear pump.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date:
July 5, 1918
Creator:
Dee, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Buckle
Patent for belt-buckles that design "to be worn around the waist, without injuring or mutilating the ends of the belt (lines 13-15)."
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hall, Cyrus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of Julia Ann Rogers]
Birth Certificate of Julia Ann Rogers born on May 15, 1918 to J.J. Rodgers (Rogers) and Julia Ann Pratt
Date:
May 15, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jesus Murillo and his wife]
Portrait of Jesus Murillo and his wife just before their marriage.
Date:
February 1918
Creator:
Murillo Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rice Hotel employees]
Photograph of seven men and twemty-eight women, all employees at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, Texas.
Date:
1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 182, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 3, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 184, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 5, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 5, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 183, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 4, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 180, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 1, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 272, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 181, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 2, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 88, Ed. 1 Monday, July 1, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texan (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1918
Weekly Czech language newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1918
Creator:
Drozda, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 429.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Addicks Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hillendahl Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cypress Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 326, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 24, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 121, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1918
Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 3, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History