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[Advertisement of a baseball game, Alamos versus Magnolia Park]
Baseball game to be played between "Alamos" (formerly Leones of Houston) vs. "Magnolia Park" on Sunday, March 29, 1931 at 3 p.m. at Magnolia Park, Houston, Texas. No entrance fee.
Date:
March 21, 1921
Creator:
El Tecolote
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells.
Patent for a narrow device to use fluid dynamics to remove certain fluids without loss of others. The apparatus is let down the well until one end is submerged before pressurized with air to seperate fluids and bring oil up to the surface of the well.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Bodungen, Charles G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors
Patent for improvements in attachments for internal- combustion motors. The invention is about new and useful improvements to a specific attachment. The two stated objectives are to provide a device adapted for application to the intake pipe on an internal combustion motor and to provide a device which may be locked in a closed position, thereby preventing theft.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Thomas, James Clarence
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
ATTACHMENT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTORS
Patent for an Attachment for Internal Combustion Motors. This new attachment provides many improvements in the regulation of auxiliary air, whether it enters or leaves the internal combustion motor (Shine). It also regulates hot or cold air, or can shut off the air supply entirely (Shine).
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Shine, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for a visual indicator signal for motor vehicles.
Date:
August 9, 1921
Creator:
Cobb, A.C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bandage
Patent for a bandage made of elastic material which includes a flap that can be fastened, or unfastened, and which acts as a holder for an absorbent material that can be replaced.
Date:
August 9, 1921
Creator:
Kirwan, Leah M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellaire 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:
1921
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat.
Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Greer, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like.
Patent for new and improved boring tools. The combined wheel bit and reamer is intended to simultaneously bore and ream.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Belcher, Mark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction.
Patent for '' bridge improvements, especially for placement over gutters, ditches, and alike ''
Date:
May 14, 1920
Creator:
McKenzie, Philip A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Clamp.
Patent for improved cable-clamps for oil drilling and water wells, such that the gripping member will accommodate a variety of cable sizes.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center-Gage and Micrometer
Patent for improvements to a center gage and inside micrometer to "provide central support for dividers" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Snell, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building-Block.
Patent for concrete building blocks, intended for use in the building of smaller structures, which are strong, easily assembled, and light weight.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
McEwen, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building Mold.
Patent for Concrete Building Mold that is composed to be able to be detachable and reversible.
Date:
June 14, 1920
Creator:
Rossiter, Jay A
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Taft, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees Minutes: 1921-1927]
Minutes for meetings of the Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees from 1921 to 1927 documenting attendees, topics of discussion, and committee reports.
Date:
1921-04-28/1927-12-29
Creator:
Congregation Adath Yeshurun. Board of Trustees.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Automobile-Body
Patent for a convertible automobile body with front seats that can be adjustable horizontally to connect with the rear seats and form a bed.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Mitchell, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a draft attachment by which a motor vehicle may "pull itself free when its traction wheels have become embedded in a soft or muddy road" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Worsham, Louis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a drilling apparatus for wells. This drill is designed to be applied to a rotary and used with a pipe tong to screw and unscrew pipe joints.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Reeves, George G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Tank-Gage.
Patent for tank gages that use an electrical indicator to show fluid levels and waste that settles at the bottom of the tank.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Bartlett, Ernest C. & Allison, Joseph, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion-Hatch for Oil-Tanks.
Patent for useful and new improvements in explosion hatches for oil tanks. This product specifically provides a hatch on the oil tank which will permit the escape of combustion gasses through the hatchway. It does so without damage to the hatch, case, or the tank. This provides additional safety and security for the operator.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Hull, Burton E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate
Patent for an improved hinge mounting for a gate to swing and to served as a stay or brace connecting a pair of posts supporting the gate. Also, a provision of a novel mounting and operating means for such a gate, including springs for raising the operating levers on the gate used to move the gate.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Rawley, Fleming C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for improved faucet for dispensing soft drinks, designed to dispense a certain amount to ensure uniformity.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Klein, George C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Tool.
Patent for improvements on the Fishing-Tool, including illustrations. The tool was improved in order to make the boring of wells using pipes more efficient.
Date:
October 4, 1921
Creator:
McMillian, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History