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[Mary Emory Outside Her Home]

Copy print of Mary Emory standing on the ground next to a curved, raised porch on one side of her home. The house is a two-story building with wood siding and a hipped roof with gabled extensions; it also has Queen Anne-style embellishments including decorative woodwork along the rooflines and columns along the porch and balcony. More information about the history of the house is printed on the back.
Date: July 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass. (open access)

Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass.

Patent for a method to kill Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) by repeatedly breaking up the ground around the plant during winter.
Date: July 16, 1901
Creator: Harpold, Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1905
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History