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Axle-Setting Machine (open access)

Axle-Setting Machine

Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Roberts, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 1, 1907]

Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. On the front is a photo of long wagon being drawn by several horses. Farther back on the road is another wagon. They are traveling through a grassland and in the corner of the photo are the words "Fourteen horse wool outfit." The letter on the back has minor news including an upcoming carnival and a recent death.
Date: August 1907
Creator: Chamberlin, Rose
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 14, 1907]

Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The photo depicts a rabbit sitting in the middle of a prairie and a tree off in the distance. On the side and bottom of the postcard, Rose wrote a brief recap of her day.
Date: August 14, 1907
Creator: Chamberlin, Rose
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History