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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
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Men with Wagon Load of Hay; Three People with Hay Stack
Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha and Dal Robinet loading hay, taken in Santa Anna in the late 1920's. One man has a team of mules on the left, and the other is on top of a wagon full of hay pulled by a horse team on the right. The second picture is of, from left to right, R. L. DeRusha, Bill Kruger, and Daniel Ray DeRusha working at a haystack at the R. E. DeRusha Farm in Coleman County in 1919.
Date:
{1919,1928~}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
People on Wagon in Front of House; Four People in Garden
Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of R. E. DeRusha and his "hoodlum wagon" and crew returning to the threshing machine after a rain in Santa Anna in 1919. There are four people on the wagon being pulled by a dark colored horse in front of a house and fence. The second picture is of, from left to right, Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha, Romara Ray DeRusha, Julia Etta Ely Cook, and an unknown girl together in a garden with a fence and trees in the background taken near Truby in 1942.
Date:
{1919,1942}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1911
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1916
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballinger Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1917
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brady Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eden Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter
Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Dibrell, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke
Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Kelley, Howard T.; Matthews, George N. & Davis, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Device
Patent for a wire winding device for repairing wooden bars.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Wilkinson, Charles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing
Patent for a car power transmission gearing which is operated by one simple stick that does not require lateral movements and eliminates the danger of stripping the gears.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
McCurdy, Horace L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism.
Patent for a transmission mechanism which "provides an improved mechanism by which the motion of of a drive shaft rotating at an uniform speed may be transmitted to a driven shaft at variable speeds and also to provide for the reversal of the driven shaft at different speeds" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Jameson, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Turbine for Locomotives.
Patent for a compact mechanism related to steam turbines, which has positive geared connections with the driving access of the locomotive, resulting in reduced friction. This increases efficiency of the driving action while reduced the expenditure of elastic fluid in order to run smoothly.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Dumas, Joel Benjaman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin saw cleaner. Illustration included.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Pillow, James G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for a safety valve for pneumatic tires that prevents the tire from exploding from excess pressure.
Date:
October 3, 1911
Creator:
Burkett, Bruce
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a seed cotton cleaner which cleans out foreign matter and defective cotton while the seed cotton is going on a conveyor belt to the cotton gin.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Thompson, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Alarm System
Patent for an electric alarm system for triggering fire alarms.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Weaver, Allison U. & Weaver, Spencer E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman 1916 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman 1916 Sheet 5
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman 1916 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman 1916 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coleman 1916 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History