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[Letter from A. S. Stinnett to Mrs. H. Kempner, April 20, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from A. S. Stinnett to Mrs. H. Kempner, April 20, 1894]

Letter from A. S. Stinnett to Mrs. H. Kempner providing a copy of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and express sympathy from the J. A. Kemp Grocery Company for the loass of her husband, Harris Kempner.
Date: {1894-04-17,1894-04-20}
Creator: J. A. Kemp Grocery Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Smith, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Placket - Fastener. (open access)

Placket - Fastener.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in placket holders.
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture. (open access)

Curtain-Fixture.

Patent for improvements in curtain fixtures "in which the brackets supporting the spring curtain-roller may be raised or lowered to admit light above the curtain." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Saddle. (open access)

Door-Saddle.

Patent for new and improved door saddles, which consists "of a longitudinal and cross-grooved arrangement of parts coacting with inclined surfaces and shields to cause a perfect drainage of water" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Vogel, Thomas.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles. (open access)

Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles.

Patent for adjustable handle bar for bicycles, including illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar, M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
City National Bank (open access)

City National Bank

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains bank illustration, stylized text of business name, and decorative designs in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes the names Joseph A. Kemp, President; C. A. Brown, Vice Prest.; Frank Dorsey, Cashier.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New St. James Hotel and Railroad Eating House (open access)

The New St. James Hotel and Railroad Eating House

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business, stylized business name, and the names A. D. Anderson, Manager; G. L. Wagner, Clerk.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Raiser. (open access)

Window-Shade Raiser.

Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association (open access)

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with company logo, business name, and text reading: "Office of A. Newby, Agent for Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, "The Anheuser Standard." Special Brewings: The Budweiser, Erlanger, Liebotschaner, The Faust Beer."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
D. Waggoner & Son (open access)

D. Waggoner & Son

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration and business name, with text reading: "Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Saddlery, Harness, Hardware and Implements"; "Live Stock, Cattle and Horses." Letterhead contains the names D. Waggoner; W. T. Waggoner; T. M. Holt, Manager.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a railroad-tie that improves on a patent granted to John C. Lee (No. 513,792). The improvement that simplifies and makes the tie stronger and uses less materials.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Mansfield, Robert Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for a pipe-wrench that can "be adjusted to fit accurately pipes and rods from the smallest to the largest of those in more common use, that will grip each with almost any desired degree of force and yet will not materially mar or injure it, and that may also be used for ends not usually possible with pipe-wrenches" (lines 12-18).
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: McCauley, John H. & Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company] (open access)

[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company]

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. The contract is unsigned and the last page has "Railroad" written on the back.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wichita Falls Agreement, of June 12 1894, Between The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. Of Texas, and The Wichita Falls Railway Company (open access)

Wichita Falls Agreement, of June 12 1894, Between The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. Of Texas, and The Wichita Falls Railway Company

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. Also included is the Railroad Commission of Texas's approval of the contract. "Henry Sayles" is handwritten on the title page in pencil.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Purdy, Thomas C.; Kemp, J. A.; Reagan, John H. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Lee, John Chester
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Brace for Ladders. (open access)

Extension-Brace for Ladders.

Patent for an extension brace for ladders that improves on the inventor's previous patent (No. 416,413). The invention's parts "are positively raised and lowered by means of direct acting mechanism which is so constructed and arranged as to obtain the most beneficial results from a comparatively small application of power, the parts being strong and durable easily operated and readily understood" (lines 20-26).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Crews, Dayton H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine. (open access)

Adding-Machine.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, easily operated, and improved registering machine that is meant to add numbers without mistakes. It uses revoluble number wheels and a spring-returned shaft among other materials.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Brooks, Augustus J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exchange Bank of Iowa Park (open access)

Exchange Bank of Iowa Park

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and depicts bank building in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts. Letterhead includes names L. T. Carr, President; G. S. DeWolf, Cashier.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History