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Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Davis, Augustus H.; Hummel, George F. & Gray, J. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desulfurizing Lima or Analogous Petroleum and Related Oils (open access)

Desulfurizing Lima or Analogous Petroleum and Related Oils

Patent for an oil distillate to desulfurize petroleum found in Lima, Ohio. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Robinson, Clarence I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, New York, Onondaga County

Map shows towns, railroads, roads, structures, canals and swamps for Onondaga County, New York during the early twentieth century. Includes soil profile and legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:62,500].
Date: 1903
Creator: Bonsteel, F. E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, New York, Hempstead sheet.

Map shows soil composition for New York's Queens and Brooklyn boroughs and Nassua County; communities, streets, railroads, building locations, and structures; streets, railroads, and communities for Manhattan and Bronx boroughs and portions of adjacent areas. Includes soil profile and legends. Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights. Contour interval 20 feet. Scale [ca. 1:62,500].
Date: 1903
Creator: Bonsteel, Jay A. (Jay Allan), b. 1873
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Manhattan and part of the Bronx : (City of New York).

Map shows street names, parks, cemeteries, public institutions, docks, canals, railroads, ferries, and bridges. Scale [ca. 1:56,800].
Date: 1904
Creator: Americana Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Buffalo.

Map shows street names, canals, public institutions, parks, select buildings, docks, bridges, railroads, neighborhoods, breakwaters, military facilities, and ferries. Scale [ca. 1:44,650].
Date: 1906
Creator: Americana Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Conners, John Francis

Photograph of John Francis Connersas a young man. This photo was included in a research paper by Mary Francis Conners for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1969.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins on Sky Rocket jumping bars at Palisades Park, across from 125th Street, New York City, NY. Charles H. Tompkins on the right, c. 1909.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel Tompkins, Gertie Davis, and Pauline Younger

Photograph of L to R: Mabel Tompkins, Gertie Davis, and Pauline Younger, Brighton Beach, NY, c.1907
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins, second from the left, coming around the turn during the ladies race in Brighton Beach, NY, c.1906.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Milt Brown, Mabel H. Tompkins, and J.C. Miller

Photograph of L to R: Milt Brown, Mabel H. Tompkins, and J.C. Miller, seated on the porch, Brighton Beach, NY, c.1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins, left, and a cowgirls from the 101 Ranch Shows, Brighton Beach, NY, c.1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Brighton Beach

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins, Mrs. Hutton, and Gertie Davis at Brighton Beach, NY, c. 1906.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins, fourth from the left, Brighton Beach, NY.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel H. Tompkins

Photograph of Mabel H. Tompkins and a cowboy student with the 101 Ranch Shows, Brighton Beach, NY, c.1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel Tompkins, Gertie Davis, and Miss Hutton

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins, Gertie Davis, and Miss Hutton, Brighton Beach, NY, c. 1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mabel Tompkins and Gertie Davis

Photograph of Mabel Tompkins and Gertie Davis, Brighton Beach, NY, c.1907.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Texas Doctors at Polyclinic Course]

Copy print of eight doctors posing together around a cadaver on a table during a five-week course at the New York Polyclinic Medical School. The instructor is wearing a dark gown and cap, standing in the middle of the six doctors standing behind the table; the other doctors are all wearing light-colored gowns and one doctor is seated on either end at the front of the table. Behind them, framed images are hanging on the wall, and a blackboard with writing on it is at the right side of the image. Identifications are printed on the back.
Date: May 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan, January 18, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan, January 18, 1906]

Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan explaining that his late response is due to being away in Kentucky for two weeks.
Date: January 18, 1906
Creator: Walsh, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan, April 20, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan, April 20, 1906]

Letter from Charles A. Walsh to William John Bryan discussing political strategies hinging on teamwork between William Randolph Hearst and William Jennings Bryan.
Date: April 20, 1906
Creator: Walsh, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, November 1908]

Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the state capitol building in Albany, New York. There is a note written on the reverse side of the card that discusses Harper's adventures while at the beach the past eight weeks; Harper also mentions his collection of newspapers he gathered from the ports he visited.
Date: November 1908
Creator: Harper, Raymond L.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt and brother as children]

Photograph of Helen Corbitt as a child (right) with her brother, Michael Henry Corbitt (left). Helen is seen in a light-colored dress, hair bow, and dark colored shoes. Michael can also be seen in light-colored clothes, and dark shoes, sitting on a small woven table. The two are standing on a patterned carpet, with a plain background.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Mr. A. F. Munkels, February 3, 1903]

Postcard to A. F. Mumkels. The sender asks Mrs. Munkels if he's gotten his balance back yet. The front of the postcard features a photograph of St. Helena's Church in Boerne, Texas, a high-roofed, wood building with steps leading up to the front doors. There is another wooden building beyond the church (which is situated at the right side of the photo), in the background, along with a windmill. There is a wood post fence in the grassy yard to the left of the church.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History