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Safety-Casing Clamp (open access)

Safety-Casing Clamp

Patent for a tool that supports the drilling and operating of oil and gas wells. Specifically, the patented tool allows a strong method of sealing the smaller casing inside the larger casing, as the larger casing is pulled out of the well. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1921
Creator: Angus, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for effective removal of cotton plants in an alternating pattern with a standard chopping depth, distance, and speed, with illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1921
Creator: Antoni, Ernst J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Chromascope, Volume 21, 1921 (open access)

The Chromascope, Volume 21, 1921

1921 yearbook for Austin College, published annually by the Senior Class.
Date: 1921
Creator: Austin College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
High-Pressure Suction Fan and Blower. (open access)

High-Pressure Suction Fan and Blower.

Patent for "a fan which will operate in a continuous and highly efficient manner and increase the air pressure with a reduced power of operation" and "may be used either in conjunction with a cotton gin...or it may be used for any other purpose where suction or blast fans are used" (lines 31-33, 10-15). It includes an illustration.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Blackmon, Enoch J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe. (open access)

Hoe.

Patent for a hoe with "a colter shank at the oval top, affording means whereby the hoe may clear itself from large branching weeds, which is frequently a trouble met with in using hoes having a shank in the center."
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Clark, James Robert.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Windlass. (open access)

Automobile Windlass.

Patent for improved Automobile Windlasses. It is a combination of horizontally disposed tubular sections on the right and left hand, an improvement in the windlass attaching mechanism.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: Davis, Marion A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denison Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1921
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Device. (open access)

Plaiting Device.

Patent for an improved plaiting device that simplifies the steaming and pressing of dress goods.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Knaur, Laura L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sign. (open access)

Sign.

Patent for signs, bulletin boards and other display apparatus; the purpose of this device is that display elements may be reversed from time to time to change announcement displayed.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Nowlin, Aubrey C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 7

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 8

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Whitesboro 1921 Sheet 9

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Whitesboro in Grayson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Turntable (open access)

Automatic Turntable

Patent for “a turn table of simple and durable structure adapted to be placed in the floor of a small garage or at other points, and which will automatically operate when an automobile is run upon the same to effect the complete turning of the automobile machine in order that the machine may enter the garage while traveling a forward direction and leave the garage in a similar manner” (lines 17-25). Includes illustrations.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Sanders, Edwin J. & Morrison, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Rail Hose-Bridge. (open access)

Car-Rail Hose-Bridge.

Patent that provides a hose-bridge that is light in weight and simple in construction, that can be carried on the cars or stored at different points on the line convenient for use.
Date: January 24, 1921
Creator: Tyler, Charley P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1921 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1921
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 14, 1921
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1921 (open access)

The Whitewright Sun (Whitewright, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Whitewright, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 1921
Creator: Waggoner, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History