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Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press that means "to provide a simple and efficient power for operating the plunger so constructed as to allow independent return movement of the plunger to avoid loss of time in the operation of the device" (lines 9-13).
Date:
June 2, 1896
Creator:
Davis, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gathering at political hall]
Photograph of Granger political hall upstairs (Elick Hall) and general merchandise store downstairs. People gathered on all stories and on horses in front of building.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1896
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
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
Round Rock 1896 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Round Rock in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Round Rock 1896 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Round Rock in Williamson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. E. Gray to C. C. Cox, October 6, 1896]
Letter from R. E. Gray to C. C. Cox discussing the potential sale of some land and a description of the plot. The envelope is included.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Gray, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for "washing-machines and seeks to provide, among other improvements, a novel construction of casing and gear framing or support, an improvement in the clothes-receptacle and the devices for securing a circulation of water and steam through the clothes." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
Walters, Loren B. & Cadwalader, Kinsey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger meant to dig post-holes. It has a lateral "cutting-edge and a continuous cutting-edge from its point to its top, said cutting-edge receding continuously and uniformly from the axis of rotation of the tool, whereby it cuts from the center outward and gradually widens or increases the diameter of the hole at any given point until this point is reached by the periphery of the ears or basin at the top of the bit, and, furthermore, to provide means for packing or smoothing the sides of the hole" (lines 13-23).
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Pederson, Hans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators. It can fit to any cultivator with some modification. It is a wheel that rides "upon the row and presses down into the ground parts of the cotton in the row, leaving the other standing, and of the necessary mechanism for attaching and controlling said wheel" (lines 20-24).
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Ray, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History