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Carrier-Frame for Baskets.
Patent for a carrier frame for moving baskets up and down in a store, which does not get tangled with the basket ropes.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Cameron. James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Bait
Patent for an artificial bait. Illustration included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Martin, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. This invention consists of a vertically disposed rotatable dasher. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Lavender, Samuel C.; Chennault, Steven A. & Chennault, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a a nursing bottle employing a jacket designed to hold the parts of the bottle together. Illustration included.
Date:
September 18, 1906
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a device that would make coupling cars together easier and safer. Cars would be able to be coupled automatically, and then detached without having to go in between them. Includes Illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1901
Creator:
White, George O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder
Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Van Landingham, Lewis E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer
Patent for a combined water heater and smoke consumer. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas; Rodgers, A. N. & Wade, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Stone, John Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook
Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Vent
Patent for "an open-sided vent-passage at the neck of the bottle, thus permitting the formation thereof at the time the bottle is blown and rendering the construction more simple and economically produced" (lines 16-20).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer
Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Miles,Joseph Furnas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder
Patent for bag holder that is adapted to receive and hold bags of any size in a way that is convenient for removal as needed.
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Nosker, Orren G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake Lock
Patent for an air brake lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Mabry, Davis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chainless Bicycle.
Patent for a new and useful chainless bicycle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 20, 1900
Creator:
Baker, Erle K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Computing Yardstick
Patent for an attachment to yardsticks in order to compute correct measurements. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Cogburn, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Paris sheet
Map shows early twentieth century soil composition, roads, railroads, towns, and lakes and waterways for Lamar County; layout and boundaries for the city of Paris; the course of the Red River. Includes soil profile and legend. Scale [1:63,360].
Date:
1903
Creator:
United States Bureau of Soils
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Judge David Howell Scott's house before the fire]
Judge David Howell Scott's house before the fire.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Judge David Howell Scott's house before the fire]
Judge David Howell Scott's house before the fire.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Fooshee Scott]
Mary Fooshee Scott of Paris in 1904.
Date:
1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Raleigh Court, Jamestown Exposition, 1907
"Official souvenir" color postcard depicting the Raleigh Court at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. There is a lake in the foreground with many boats on it, walkways lined with lamp posts along the water, and numerous red buildings in the background with landscaping and fountains. Correspondence on the card reads,"This looks well on a card, but in reality it is bum, in big letters. It is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, S. Mill St., Paris, Texas and postmarked Norfolk, Va on Sept 22, 1907.
Date:
September 22, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T&P Depot in Blossom, Texas]
Photograph of the T&P train station in Blossom, Texas. There is a small group of people lined up to the left of the building. Printed on the photo is "T&P Depot 1909 Blossom, Texas." Written below the image is "H. D. Conner Collection."
Date:
1909
Creator:
Conner, H. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History