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Ice-Machine (open access)

Ice-Machine

Patent for an ice machine particularly designed for people who are unable to obtain ice from regular manufacturers. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: McCall, Jacob C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The West Texas News. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1908 (open access)

The West Texas News. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 31, 1908
Creator: Fore, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cliff near Colorado City, Texas]

Photograph of two men at the foot of a cliff. The photograph was taken looking upwards with one man at the lower left and the other standing on a rocky shelf at center.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men in Colorado City, Texas]

Photograph of two men in front of a large, two-story building with a clock tower (likely the Mitchell County Courthouse). A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Jones & Ed Hanlon, Colorado City, Texas, 06."
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan, April 17, 1905] (open access)

[Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan, April 17, 1905]

Letter from H. B. Smoot to William John Bryan discussing pulling their funds together to open a bank in Abilene and proposing an in-person meeting to cover details..
Date: April 17, 1905
Creator: Smoot, H. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Grain Knife (open access)

Corn or Grain Knife

Patent for a corn or grain knife used for harvesting. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Tilley, Louis R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Texas News. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904 (open access)

West Texas News. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: October 14, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Stock Farmer. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904 (open access)

West Texas Stock Farmer. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: October 14, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool for Manipulating Wire (open access)

Combination-Tool for Manipulating Wire

Patent for a combination tool for manipulating wire, "a convenient hand-tool for bending, straightening, shortening, and otherwise manipulating the wires ordinarily used in the construction of fences," (lines 10-14).
Date: September 23, 1902
Creator: Cullen, Edwin C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902 (open access)

The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 12, 1902
Creator: MacEachin, Hec. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for lubricator for axles of buggies, wagons, and other vehicles.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Fergusson, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1901 (open access)

The Colorado Weekly Clipper (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Colorado, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: March 23, 1901
Creator: MacEachin, Hec. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Weaner. (open access)

Stock-Weaner.

Patent for improvements in stock weaners. The invention is used for weaning cattle and "may be applied to either the parent or the offspring to prevent abstraction of the lacteal fluid from the udder by either. The purpose of the invention is to devise a device of the character and for the purpose aforesaid which will be simple, effective, light, not interfere with grazing or feeding, and which can be easily and quickly placed in position without the use of tools and adapted to be readily removed and applied to another animal" (lines 12-22). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Looby, Hiram R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History