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[John Reichle General Merchandise (Welcome Store) Photograph #7]
Photograph of the John Reichle General Merchandise (Welcome Store) in Industry, Texas.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
"Patent for a bale-tie that would be 'simple of construction, durable of use, and comparatively inexpensive of production, easily operated, and which when fastened around a bale cannot possible become detached therefrom' (lines 13-17). including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for improvements in bale-ties by using a “combination with a band; of jaws pivoted to one end of the band and adapted to engage a hook carried by the other end of the band, and a guard-plate fixed to one of said jaws and adapted also to engage the hook and prevent it from accidentally becoming disengaged from the jaws.” (Lines 78-84) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale-tie that is of "simple construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production" (lines 13-15), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, A. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellville 1901 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bellville in Austin County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellville 1901 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bellville in Austin County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for fumigation insect destroyer, in particular cotton boll weevils, but also for prairie dogs and other vermin.
Date:
July 30, 1901
Creator:
Koy, August & Kveton, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,
Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Speight, Winchester Franklin,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard.
Patent for improvements and new features to cattle guards on railways, including illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Miller, Martin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Clay Charcoal-Furnace
Patent for fire clay charcoal furnace. "The object of the invention is to provide a furnace of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and efficient in action" (lines 13-17).
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Koch, Charles Jean
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellville 1906 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bellville in Austin County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellville 1906 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bellville in Austin County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Musical Instrument.
Patent for a new musical instrument, similar to a lyre, designed to "provide a new and improved musical instrument which is simple and durable in construction, very light, of high resonant qualities, and arranged to permit convenient manipulation of the strings without the player touching the soundboard with the fingers" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1906
Creator:
Krueger, Amandus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Plows
Patent for an attachment for plows. This invention "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for plows, and my object is to provide means whereby the pitch of the moldboard or shovel may be regulated as desired" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Wilke, Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator
Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rehor Zapalac store in Frydek, TX]
Photo of Rehor Zapalac store, Frydek, TX. Girls at center front are probably Louise, Sophia, ?? And Vlasta. Boy on horse is probably Vladimir. Sign for Lone Star Beer is on building. Men in photo are holding mugs of beer. Two men are standing in first door, three people are standing in second door. Boy on horseback ponying another horse toward right. Pair of white horses is harnessed to a wagon that is backed up to the door on right. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator
Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Austin County Court House]
Postcard of Austin County Court House in Bellville, Texas. A handwritten note on the front of the postcard, which is addressed to Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas, says "Hello Annie. How are you taking in these days? Hope you are taking life easy. Best wishes for a happy Easter and lots of eggs. Emil."
Date:
April 1, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Protecting Vegetable Matter
Patent for a new method of protecting "stored vegetable matter, particularly corn, from the ravages of insects, especially the weevil." (Lines 9-11)
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Koy, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills
Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Roesler, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Dredge in Brazos River]
Postcard of a dredge in the Brazos River near Bellville, Texas. A handwritten note on the front of the postcard, which is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas, says "Will try and write you in a fortnight. Rec'd Bertha's letter, was glad to hear from you. Mae."
Date:
September 19, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sealy Weekly News. (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Sealy, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1908
Creator:
Davis, Lon
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sealy Weekly News. (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Sealy, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 10, 1908
Creator:
Davis, Lon
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sealy Weekly News. (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Sealy, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 17, 1908
Creator:
Davis, Lon
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History