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Design for a Badge (open access)

Design for a Badge

Patent for a design for an ornamental badge celebrating the Emancipation of slaves by Abraham Lincoln.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Whitney, Junius P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars (open access)

Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars

Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Semi=Weekly Courier (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 60, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 28, 1906 (open access)

The Semi=Weekly Courier (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 60, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 28, 1906

Semi-weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 28, 1906
Creator: Green, L. M. & Adams, J. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism (open access)

Driving Mechanism

Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of First Christian Church Tyler, Texas]

Postcard of First Christian Church in Tyler, Texas and its pastor, J. J. Lockhart, addressed to Eld. M. A. Smith. A handwritten message on the front of the postcard says: "This man performed the marriage ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Smith."
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History