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[Alba Depot]

Copy photo of the Alba train station. Some men can be seen outside the building and there is a train car down the tracks. Written underneath the image are "Alba Depot around 1900" and "Southwest Collection."
Date: 1900~
Creator: Southwest Collection
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Andiron. (open access)

Andiron.

Patent for improvement in andirons “which is so arranged as to permit ready access to the fireplace for the purpose of cleaning out the ashes and having a removable fender which is capable of being quickly and readily removed or placed in position to retain the fire and prevent the fire from rolling out the fireplace.” (Lines 47-54.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Cox, John Drew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles (open access)

Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles

Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastening. (open access)

Bedstead Fastening.

Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Rape, Augustus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace For Heel Sweeps (open access)

Brace For Heel Sweeps

Patent for a brace to be used with the class of agricultural implements known as 'heelsweeps'. Illustration included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Ingram, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Hook. (open access)

Buckle-Hook.

Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Reid, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CASH REGISTER. (open access)

CASH REGISTER.

Patent for improvements in cash-registers for making change and with a recording mechanism for printing amounts for which change is made, including descriptions of the parts of the mechanism and with illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Woodson, James F. & Lindsay, Oscar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Row Planter (open access)

Check Row Planter

Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Perkins, Albert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian Visitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 21, 1903 (open access)

The Christian Visitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 21, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local and state news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 1903
Creator: Betcher, L. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, Ellia Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Harrow (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Harrow

Patent for a combined cultivator and harrow. "This invention relates to an improved agricultural implement comprising in its construction a cultivator and a harrow, the tooth elements of which are so constructed and supported by the frame as to be capable of being adjusted for operation in several different positions" (line 8-14) illustration included.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Farris, Henry Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Woods, John Bell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Sodekson, Nathan S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: Brown, Christopher C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Gresham, Louis David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for an attachment for a cotton cultivator that comprises of, among other objects, cotton chopper blades. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Patrick, Henry N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement. (open access)

Cutting Implement.

Patent for improvements in cutting tools especially adapted for severing bale-ties, cutting wire and pruning trees. This cutting implement has a laterally-extending handle and a detachable cutting blade. Illustration is included.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Lott, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Conductor (open access)

Electric Conductor

Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan (open access)

Fan

Patent for a a spring motor fan. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert & Hitt, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Mixing Machine. (open access)

Feed-Mixing Machine.

Patent for a feed mixing machine for stock feed made from cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Dabney, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Attachment For Pneumatic Conveyers (open access)

Feeding Attachment For Pneumatic Conveyers

Patent for a feeding attachment for pneumatic conveyers. Illustrations included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Sonendrinker, Edward Thomas & Coleman, Matthew Walton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer and Seed Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer and Seed Distributer.

Patent for a fertilizer and seed distributor that is operated by hand.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Melton, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping (open access)

Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping

Patent for flexible armor for hose and piping. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Weir, Welby Dunbar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner. (open access)

Flue-Cleaner.

Patent for a flue cleaner for steam boilers, which has easily replaceable parts.
Date: November 10, 1908
Creator: Brown, James William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History