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Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for "a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staple-puller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Ponkney, August C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Coupling Device.
Patent for a rod-coupling device, "to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for the pump plunger-rods of windmills and the like" (lines 12-15). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Ponkney, August C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Williams & Landrum, Druggists and Apothecaries
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name and text reading: "Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods, Cigars, Stationery."
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
M. J. Barlow & Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images, business name, and text reading: "Millinery, Hardware, Crockery"; "Cheapest Cash House"; "Groceries and Dry Goods."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrated images and decorative text with business name and text reading: "Steer Cattle a Specialty" in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains names D. M. O'Connor; T. M. O'Connor.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson & Wimbish, Dealers in General Merchandise
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, illustration of business, and business name with text reading: "Ranch Supplies a Specialty" in lithographic print by Maverick Lith. S. A. Tex. Letterhead contains the names R. Johnson; A. G. Wimbish.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History