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Improvement in Beef-Steak Tenderers. (open access)

Improvement in Beef-Steak Tenderers.

Patent for improvement in beef-steak tenderer by mounting “two studded or pointed rollers on to a stand; the rollers are arranged one above another, in order to mash the steak by rolling the meat between the rollers.” (Lines [6-9]) Illustration is included.
Date: October 11, 1875
Creator: Billington, Theophilus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears. (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears.

Patent for running-gear on carriages that "consists mainly in improvements in the connections of the axles with the springs, perch, and other parts" (para. 5), with illustrations.
Date: February 1, 1876
Creator: Gilmore, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Parker County

Cadastral map of Parker County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some notes are written in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871~
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Hartsford Howard from D.H. Sesk, October 8 1874] (open access)

[Letter to Hartsford Howard from D.H. Sesk, October 8 1874]

Letter from D.H. Sesk to Hartsford Howard. The letter is dated October 8, 1874.
Date: October 8, 1874
Creator: Sesk, D.H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved in Medical Compounds or Liver Invigorators. (open access)

Improved in Medical Compounds or Liver Invigorators.

Patent for a new medical compound to improve liver function.
Date: January 9, 1872
Creator: Simmons, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads. (open access)

Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads.

Patent for a new and improved office-furniture that combines a desk, bookshelf, folding bed, hat-rack, and wash-basin, including descriptions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Sutcliffe, Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baker's Transfer Line]

Photo of Baker's Transfer Line. Photo taken in 1879: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. David Switzer in the President's Office]

Photo of Dr. David Switzer in the President's office sitting at a roll-top desk. He is looking over at a young boy sitting at a small desk with a typewriter. Photo circa late 1800's: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1877/1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Parker County

Cadastral map of Parker County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Parker County

Cadastral map of Parker County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Masonic Institute, 1879-80, #1]

Photo of Masonic Institute. Photo taken between 1879-1880: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1879/1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Masonic Institute, 1879-80, #2]

Photo of Masonic Institute. Photo taken between 1879-1880: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1879/1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Dr. David Switzer]

Photo of Dr. David Switzer. Photo circa late 1800s: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1877/1899~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1871 (open access)

Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 1871
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1872 (open access)

Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1878 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History