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Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. This invention is designed to be automatic, use non-freezing fluids, and work on railway trains or ships. Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Woodson, Jacob W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: December 20, 1904
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for a acetylene gas generator with an improved valve for sending carbide into the generator which is more efficient and cheaper to make.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Menczer, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Little, Leander H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Ricketts, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Clock (open access)

Advertising Clock

Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm System (open access)

Alarm System

Patent for a fire alarm system which activates when a certain temperature is detected by the device.
Date: May 25, 1909
Creator: Giese, Leo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family photograph album] (open access)

[Allen Family photograph album]

Photograph album of the Allen family ranging from the 1900s through the 1920s. Images include snapshots of outdoor activities and scenes, children at play, group portraits, houses, and some travel. There are also a couple of photographic postcards of a house and a group portrait.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analgetic Bandage. (open access)

Analgetic Bandage.

Patent for a new and useful "analgetic bandage for curing headaches and oher disorders of the nervous system" (line 5-7) including illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Ray, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Feed Device (open access)

Animal-Feed Device

Patent for an animal feed device that is collapsible and that can be suspended from fences, vehicle wheels, other structures, the ground, or the animal itself. (lines 10-15
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Russell, George Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright seated in front of Allen house on Heaton Avenue in Fort Worth]

Snapshot photograph of a woman, Annie Belle Emery Bright, seated on stone steps slightly below and in front of the Allen home on Heaton Avenue in Fort Worth. The two story house has wood siding and a two story corner tower or turret. Handwritten blue ink inscription across verso top reads "Annie B. Emery, Heaton Ave., Fort Worth."
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern (open access)

Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern

Patent for "valves which will allow all the water to flow out of the popes to a position below freezing-point after each application of water, whether the water is used in a closet-cistern or drawn out of a hudrant or other application is made, and to arrange the valves so that the supply-valves will be automatically closed by water-pressure in connection with the operation of a siphon in a closet-cistern and the waste-valve will be closed by the pressure of water, siphonic action, or both, when the supply-valves are opened." (lines 18-28).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables. (open access)

Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.

Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Compton, Anna & Jackson, A. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles. (open access)

Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.

Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Shelton, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Making Mattresses (open access)

Apparatus For Making Mattresses

Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arlington 1900 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Arlington in Tarrant County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arlington 1905 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Arlington in Tarrant County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: July 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arlington 1905 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Arlington in Tarrant County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: August 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 31, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 14, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1901 (open access)

The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Arlington, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 1901
Creator: Word, Karl H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History