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[Maps of Indianapolis and Louisville]

Map shows late nineteenth century Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky street names, parks, roads, bridges, cemeteries, canals, military facilities, public institutions, streets, and horse railroads; Louisville ferries; stockyards. Includes explanation. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Indianapolis and Louisville]

Map shows late nineteenth century Indianapolis, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky street names, parks, roads, bridges, cemeteries, canals, military facilities, public institutions, streets, and horse railroads; Louisville ferries; stockyards. Includes explanation. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from May Booth to Linnet Moore, March 24, 1898] (open access)

[Letter from May Booth to Linnet Moore, March 24, 1898]

Letter from Mrs. E. T. Booth (May Booth) to Linnet Moore regarding her husband's change of employment as a bookkeeper in Nashville to the head bookkeeper for the Pullman Piano Company. Mrs. Booth says that Richmond was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She says that she likes their new home and invites Linnet to visit.
Date: March 24, 1898
Creator: Booth, Mrs. E. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Publisher's Circular with Written Notes] (open access)

[Publisher's Circular with Written Notes]

Circular produced by Garretson, Cox & Co., Publishers regarding Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia. The publishers announce that after July 1, 1893, subscribers of this publication should send their orders to them rather than Mr. Alden. An unknown person has written a note on the back discussing his appreciation of the Manifold Cyclopedia.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Garretson, Cox & Co., Publishers
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evening News. (Jeffersonville, Ind.), Vol. 26, No. 161, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1898 (open access)

The Evening News. (Jeffersonville, Ind.), Vol. 26, No. 161, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1898

Daily newspaper from Jeffersonville, Indiana that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Edith Wilson, Age 14]

Photograph of Edith Wilson at age 14. She wears a high-necked black and white dress with a choker, and her hair is pulled back.
Date: 1898
Creator: Nicholson's Sons
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ladoga Public Schools Pupil Card] (open access)

[Ladoga Public Schools Pupil Card]

Card placing Edgar B. Sutherlin in Ladoga Public Schools in 1899. It reads: "Ladoga Public Schools. Edgar Sutherlin Pupil in 7th Year Grade, 1899-00, Belongs in 8th Year Grade, 1900-01. Nelle Morrison Teacher. J. F. Warfel, Supt."
Date: 1899/1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Driver. (open access)

Post-Driver.

Patent for a machine that drives posts and "can be placed on the running gear of a vehicle in such a manner that it can be readily adjusted to operate on posts at either side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle" (lines 14-18). It can be easily adjusted and is simply constructed.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Harris, Stephen G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Meter. (open access)

Electric Meter.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History