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Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.
Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a new and useful wave motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills]
Receipt for goods purchased by S.M. Roy & Co. in Hennings, Tennessee from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills in Waco, Texas.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Feeder
Patent for improvements to cotton cleaners and feeders, including illustrations
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Seifert, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Display and Advertising Device
Patent for Window Display and Advertising Device including platform with rotating parts, including illusrations.
Date:
August 21, 1900
Creator:
Moorefield, Armistead Younger
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post Extractor.
Patent for a fence-post extractor that is used by placing the extractor alongside the fence-post and extracting it in a vertical line including illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1900
Creator:
Morgenthaler, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Valve.
Patent for improvements in cotton-valve by providing a valve which may be used in connection with an elevator that carrying the cotton to the gins; to have two batteries or divisions, so that one division may be cut out while the other is in operation. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mounting Pictures.
Patent for the process of producing and mounting pictures at the highest quality and the lowest cost to provide "the appearance of the highest art" (lines 16-17).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Cowan, Mark L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motion-Transmitter
Patent for a motion transmitter for wave motors, "the primary object of the invention being to produce motion-transmitting mechanism which will effect the conversion or translation of reciprocity motion into continuous rotary motion in the same direction."
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, James Constant
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Bahl Family]
Photograph of the Bahl family. From left to right, they are Josephine, Blond, Leda and Harry Bahl. The women wear high-necked dark dresses and ribbons in their hair. Harry Bahl wears a suit and tie, with a medal in his lapel.
Date:
1901~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Home of John P. Bahl]
Photograph of the home of John P. Bahl at 409 S. 8th Street, Waco, TX. It is a one-story wooden building. Blondina V. Bahl on the left and Leda Bahl on the right, one next to a post, and one leaning on the railing. A dog sits at the top of the stairs leading up to the front door.
Date:
1901~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Home of John P. Bahl]
Photograph of the home of John P. Bahl at 409 S. 8th Street, Waco, TX. It is a one-story wooden building. The porch and front window are decked out with patriotic decorations. Josephine (Josie) at 22 years old stands on the left side of the porch with another, unidentified, woman. Below from left to right are Blondina (18 years old), Leda (12 years old), Katharine and John Philip Bahl, and in the front is John Philip Herlin (10 years old). A dog lies at the feet of the little boy. The house next door can be seen in the background.
Date:
1901~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to the Wedding of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly]
Invitation to the wedding of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly. It reads: "Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Bahl request your presence at the marriage of their daughter Josephine to Elmer H. Wheatly, Wednesday, April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and one, at 8:30 p.m., at their residence, 409 South Eighth Street. At Home after May 1, 1507 Trice Ave."
Date:
1901
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McLennan County Courthouse]
Photograph of the McLennan County Courthouse, a large ornate, neoclassical building with a large dome, a facade with Greek-styled pillars, a long set of stone stairs, and two wings on both sides of the building. Statues of eagles and Lady Justice decorate the dome and the front of the building. Bicycles are placed along the curb of the road, as well as horse-drawn buggies parked to hitching posts along the sidewalk.
Date:
[1901..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Bahl-Wheatly Wedding]
Photograph of the wedding of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly in Waco, Texas. They pose for their picture with three others, likely the best man, maid of honor, and flower girl.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Carlos Appell Lastinger on Wicker Chair]
Photograph of Carlos Appell Lastinger as a small child. He is dressed in a white gown and sits on a decorated wicker chair. A note on the back of the photograph states he was born in 1901, lived in Texas, and died in 1979.
Date:
[1901..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Carlos Appell Lastinger on Wicker Couch]
Photograph of Carlos Appell Lastinger as a small child. He is dressed in a white gown and sits at the end of a wicker sofa on a pillow.
Date:
[1901..]
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Josephine Bahl's and Elmer H. Wheatly's Wedding]
Portrait of a family of five. All are in wedding clothing. The text on the back says "Wedding of Josephine Bahl & Elmer H. Wheatly, Waco, 1901."
Date:
1901
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Waco Masonic Lodge No. 92]
Photograph of Waco Masonic Lodge No. 92, a tall four-story building lined with windows. A square and compass symbol hangs along the facade of the building at right, above the building's lower entrance, which is lined with pillars. Above this entrance is a large shield containing a ring of stars, a large capital letter "G", and a smaller square and compass symbol. A crowd of people are gathered along the sidewalks adjoining the building.
Date:
1901~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding Photo of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly]
Photograph of Josephine and Elmer Wheatly at their wedding. A bridesmaid stands next to Josephine, and a groomsman next to Wheatly. A little girl wearing white and holding a small plate stands in front of the groomsman.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date:
January 15, 1901
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine
Patent for a machine designed to improve the creation of mattresses, with the intent of making them of uniform length, width, depth, and amount of stuffing.
Date:
March 11, 1901
Creator:
White, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for "an improved projectile for guns and ordnance of various classes and bores" (lines 7-9).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Cole, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.
Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
King, John Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History