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Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Stewart, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for "an automatic weighing-machine possessing simplicity, accuracy, and capable of continuous and automatic operation" (lines 13-16).
Date: March 12, 1901
Creator: Perry, Frank S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate. (open access)

Collapsible Crate.

Patent for a collapsible crate, which is easier to ship while collapsed and cheaper to make.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Ivey, Henry Curtis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Device for Acetylene-Gas Generators. (open access)

Carbid-Feed Device for Acetylene-Gas Generators.

Patent for a carbide-feed device for Acetylene gas generators, which prevents moisture from getting into the carbide and causing it to stick to the walls of the feed tube.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Weaver, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton

Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Fuller, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle. (open access)

Bottle.

Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Holland, Willie Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for new weighing machine and hopper dispensing cotton-seed meal, including illustrations
Date: March 12, 1901
Creator: Perry, Frank S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Kinard, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Love Abstract Company's map of Robertson County Texas.

Map shows Robertson County, Texas numbered tracts and boundaries, ownership; towns, railroads, and drainage. Scale not given.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Love Abstract Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date: January 8, 1909
Creator: Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Robertson County sheet

Map displays soil types along with lakes, rivers, coal mines, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: January 8, 1909
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of W. K. McAlpine's Account with Galveston National Bank] (open access)

[Statement of W. K. McAlpine's Account with Galveston National Bank]

Bank statement of W. K. McAlpine's account with the Galveston National Bank showing the activity of his account from April 22 to June 10, 1901.
Date: [1901-06-10..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Phone Messages and Travel Expenses] (open access)

[Receipt for Phone Messages and Travel Expenses]

Receipt for items billed to the estate of Col. W. K. McAlpine by Garrett & Co., including phone calls and travel expenses. The receipt is marked "Paid Garrett & Co."
Date: June 8, 1901
Creator: Garrett & Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calvert 1906 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Calvert in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calvert 1906 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Calvert in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calvert 1901 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Calvert in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1901
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calvert 1901 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Calvert in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1901
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hearne 1901 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hearne in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1901
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hearne 1906 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hearne in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hearne 1906 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hearne in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hearne 1901 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hearne in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1901
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Franklin 1905 Sheet 2

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

Calvert 1906 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Calvert in Robertson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History