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Burner
Patent for a "simple and relatively inexpensive burner" (line 9) for use in the kitchen with kerosene or other oil fuel.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Catron, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loading-Machine
Patent for a new and improved cantilevered arm to load hay and other materials onto wagons and other vehicles.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Senior, Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows used for agricultural purposes with an illustration. This improvement in design is specific to "provid[ing] a plow capable of being adjusted to cause engagement thereof with the earth at varying depths" (lines 10-12).
Date:
June 24, 1919
Creator:
Marshall, Andrew Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Photograph of the Mayes Store]
Postcard photograph of the Mayes Store in Fulshear, Texas. The photograph shows the Mayes Store and many people on horse and carriages around it.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lillie Dew, Ernesting Carol and Mantie Dew]
Photograph of Lillie Dew, Ernesting Carol, and Mantie Dew in an Overland Model 79' car.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, September 12, 1913]
Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, he begins by saying that he is relieved to hear from him after his long absence and then goes into talking about their respective crops and how each are doing. Patch concludes the letter by going into details about the lives of the people that they both used to associate with.
Date:
September 12, 1913
Creator:
Patch, E. P
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of H. S. Dew]
Photograph of H. S. Dew. In the portrait, he is wearing a dark suit with a dark tie and glasses.
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jesse Dew Agnew]
Photograph of Jessie Dew Agnew sitting in a chair in a white dress with a high collar and gloves.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Hitchler, N. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People with Overland Model '79]
Photograph of three people standing next to an Overland Model '79. In the back is the Dew Sugar Mill.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Advertisement Brochure]
Land advertisement brochure promoting farm land in Brazos County and Fort Bend County in Texas. The brochure goes into detail about the various crops that can be grown on this land due to the good soil as well as the climate in Texas.
Date:
September 12, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
O'Riordan, John Eldridge
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food.
Patent for stock food that can be perfectly rationed, useful for feeding cattle and hogs, and useful for building up working stock. It is inexpensive and will not deteriorate.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Eldridge, T. William.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay.
Patent for fence stays which have "novel and improved means for effectively bracing and spacing the wires of a fence." The invention "will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture, and at the same time, is simple in construction and operation."
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Benson, Autha C. & Benson, A. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for an improved window sash fastener that will "enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Crandell, Frederick N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bite-Tray.
Patent for a bite tray usable for an array of mouth sizes. The material provides better comfort in the mouth of the patient, as well as better comfort for the operator.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Sanders, Mastin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 11, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 27, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 5, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 22, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 29, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, November 21, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 21, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919
Weekly newspaper from Sugar Land, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 12, 1919
Creator:
Jackson, A. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History