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[Photo of Major E. M. Heath, L. M. Head, A. A. Head and Confederate Soldiers]
Photograph of several confederate soldiers and nurses at a reunion of confederate soldiers. The man in the top right is identified as "Major E. M. Heath" and the woman next to him is one of his daughters. The front left man is "A. A. (Ben) Head," and the front right man is "L. M. (Bud) Head." The other two women are nurses and the other men are not identified. There is an attached note on the left side of the photo listing details about the pictured people.
Date:
[..1902]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Measuring Machine
Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School Girls and Teachers at a Party]
Photograph of a group of school girls and teachers at a party in the yard of the Wimberly home at 405 N. Main St. in Cleburne, Texas. The children are sitting and standing around a table and Eleanor Wimberly is standing to the left of the table holding camera.
Date:
1909~/1915~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket.
Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Reynolds, John I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Anderson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. This plow is equipped with a cutter or knife that follows the furrow to guide the plow blade. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McCasland, Charles K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 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:
1908
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1907 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
October 1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1907 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
October 1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1907 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
October 1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1907 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
October 1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing.
Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Godsey, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Spring-Heel
Patent for a spring heel made to absorb shocks from walking and to provide overall support for the heel. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Luzzi, August F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine
Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Symons, Wilson E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson County Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and news along with advertising.
Date:
June 7, 1907
Creator:
Thrash, D. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Cleburne, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1907
Daily newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 1, 1907
Creator:
Ransone, J. R., Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne Morning Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 145, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1907
Daily newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and news along with advertising.
Date:
May 31, 1907
Creator:
Thrash, D. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cleburne High School Students in Tallyho Wagon]
Photograph of the Cleburne High School class riding in a tallyho wagon in Cleburne, Texas. The wagon is pulled by four horses and the wagon has several benches for passengers.
Date:
May 1907
Creator:
Shaw, Arch
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Hadley, William Swain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Students at the Normal School in Cleburne, Texas]
Photograph of students attending the Normal School at the Cleburne Central School Building in 1907. The students are sitting and standing in rows in front of a building and the second row of kneeling students is holding a net in front of them. Eleanor Wimberly is third from the right in the second row.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Mills, Thomas M. & Wilson, Ingram B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne Morning Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 167, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1906
Daily newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and news along with advertising.
Date:
June 8, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History