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Johnson's Central America.

Map of Central America from the southern tip of Mexico to Panama with relief shown by hachures. Map inset shows the Isthmus of Panama. Scale [ca.1: 4,752,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Illinois.

Map shows the railroads and counties of Illinois during mid- to late-nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:1,152,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Indiana.

Map shows the railroads and counties of Indiana during the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Scale [ca:1:844,800].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Iowa and Nebraska.

Map shows the railroads and counties of Iowa and eastern Nebraska during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Scale [1:1,207,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Minnesota.

Map shows the railroads, counties, and Indian reservations in Minnesota during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Scale [ca:1:1,408,000]. Inset: North Eastern section of Minnesota.
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Missouri and Kansas.

Map shows Missouri and eastern Kansas towns, cities, counties, bodies of water, and railroads during the late-nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:1,334,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

Map shows the mineral resources and mining activity in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, railroads, military outposts, areas of Indian habitation and reservations, historical routes of exploration, counties, and settlements in Nebraska, Dakota Territory, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, and Yellowstone "National Park" in Wyoming. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Ohio.

Map shows the late-nineteenth century locations of Ohio cities, towns, railroads, counties, and rivers. Scale [ca: 1:1,014,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Wisconsin and Michigan.

Map shows counties, cities, towns, and railroads in Wisconsin and Michigan during the late-nineteenth century. Includes notes on elevation, water depths, and area in square miles on selected parts of map. Scale [ca. 1:1,600,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Carolina and South Carolina

Map shows North and South Carolina railroads, canals, roads, counties (including Pamlico and Dare in North Carolina) and lighthouses during the late-nineteenth century. Inset: Map of Charleston Harbor. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,521,000] and [ca. 1:193,000].
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to Illustrate Early Voyages and Discoveries of North America

This map shows North and Central America and surrounding areas including portions of South America, Africa, and Europe. Notes and lines are used to show the path of exploration across the Atlantic Ocean and within North America including the names and dates of the explorers. Continents are shaded in color and some major cities and bodies of water are marked on the map. An inset in the lower left corner shows only the eastern portion of North and South America (including the Caribbean) and is titled "To Illustrate Colonies." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to illustrate the Civil War.

Map shows state boundaries, military posts, major cities, and notable physical features. Inset: "North Eastern Virginia." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,216,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to Illustrate War with Mexico

This sheet contains two principal maps and a series of ancillary maps. The left half of the page contains a "Map to Illustrate War With Mexico" which uses colors to shade the areas delineating Mexico, the United States, and the territory acquired from Mexico by the United States. U.S. states are also outlined and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are two insets in the lower left corner titles "Vicinity of Matamoras" and "Route of Gen. Scott between Vera Cruz and Mexico." The right half of the page contains a "Map to Illustrate the War of 1812-1814" (top portion) as well as "Wars Against Indians 1790 and 1811" (centered within the bottom portion). There are also five ancillary maps around central map titled "Vicinity of Detroit," "Niagara River and Vicinity," "Vicinity of Plattsburg," "Southern Region of the War 1812-14." and "Vicinity of Baltimore" which seem to pertain to the top map of the War of 1812. Each of the maps is shaded in various colors to separate different regions and has cities, bodies of water, and geographic features marked. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boots

Ladies lace-up boots of brown leather with low stacked heel. Slightly pointed toe cap with light brouguing. Sewn-in fabric label: "The A.E. Little / Shoe $12.50 / Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." Stamped on sole: "The A. E. Little / Arch Supporting Suspension / Construction"
Date: 1880/1915
Creator: A.E. Little Shoe Company
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Johnson's Maine.

Map shows the railroads and counties of Maine during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca:1:1,014,000]
Date: [1881..1887]
Creator: A.J. Johnson & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Austin, TX]

Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from 1802 Colorado Street.
Date: 1882
Creator: A.M. Jackson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as Baby]

Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as a baby wearing a white dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Bulah Caldwell died when a baby - 1883. M.O.B. & J.L. Caldwell."
Date: 1883
Creator: Abbot, D. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Brick. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Brick.

Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902] (open access)

[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902]

Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from 1883 to 1902.
Date: 1883/1902
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Ordinances: 1885-1902] (open access)

[Abilene City Ordinances: 1885-1902]

Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from April 1885 to September 1902.
Date: 1885/1902
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Minnie Alice Nichols]

Portrait of young Minnie Alice Nichols in a light-colored dress. Appears to be about four years of age. Text on the back says: "...born May 21, 1879 Coryell Co. died Jan. 28, 1970 McLennan Co."
Date: October 1883
Creator: Academy of Art
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table. (open access)

Ironing Table.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Adair, Annie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book Adjuster. (open access)

Book Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder. (open access)

Copy Holder.

Patent for a new and improved copy-holder. This design "is [for] an improved copy-holder intended especially for holding deeds when being transcribed to the records, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive construction by which the deed may be held and to and from which the deed or other paper may be adjusted without difficulty, such construction serving also to mark or indicate the particular line of the paper being copied" (lines 7-15).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History