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Mail-Handling Apparatus (open access)

Mail-Handling Apparatus

Patent for an improved mail handling apparatus for use in trains that has an automatic mechanism to bridge the auxiliary car and the mail car when the car reaching the end of its track, including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Kerns, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener. (open access)

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for a device that can easily expand or retract a tire onto the rim of a wheel. This allows for tires to be easily replaced as well as preventing the tire from slipping off the rim while in use.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Leischner, Gotthilf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Caster. (open access)

Spring-Caster.

Patent for spring casters. "The principal object of the invention is to construct a caster in such a manner that an adequate resilient support will be obtained for the bed without the use of a spring mattress of like device" (lines 9-13).
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Smith, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for new and improved planter with illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Leischner, G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an improvement in attachments for cultivators, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Leischner, Gotthilf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller for Railway-Track Jacks. (open access)

Roller for Railway-Track Jacks.

Patent for roller for railway track jacks that will lessen the weight of the jack and allow it to be moved easily.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Funk, William R. & Funk, Charley F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Strecher (open access)

Wire Strecher

Patent for wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Longan, John Virgle
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Archer City: County of Archer Texas.

Map shows railroads, street names, and land tracts with block and lot numbers. Scale [ca. 1:7,200].
Date: [1911..1921]
Creator: W. C. Young Land Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of S.E. Archer County - Texas : Showing C. E. Stalker block of leases

Map shows property ownership, tract dimensions and acreage, oil and gas leasing companies; bullseye circles centered on symbol for producing well. Scale [1:16,668].
Date: [1911..1931]
Creator: Beck, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Archer County sheet

Map displays soil types along with rock outcrops, rivers, creeks, lakes, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Archer County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Archer County, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: Taylor, Arthur E. (Arthur Elijah); Lounsbury, Clarence; Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Scott, Ewing
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History