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Combined Harrow and Roller
Patent for a combined harrow and roller for pulverizing and eliminating unwanted growth from the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Younger, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a carburetor to be used on internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Kingsbury, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials
Patent for an apparatus for treating granular materials. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Lanaux, Alfred A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Craft Propeller
Patent for an air craft propeller that reduces air resistance.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Koiw, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern.
Patent for a rain cistern, which can have oil put in it to prevent rust and sends out dirt from the cistern if it overflows.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Fischer, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Jefferson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, canals, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1918
Creator:
Morriss, G. C. & McDonald, H. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jefferson County, Texas : showing topography and proposed division of the county into drainage districts with systems of ditches, channel improvements, and levees for each district.
Map shows layout of cities, railroads, roads, irrigation canals, property boundaries, landowners, ferries, marshes, towns, and ranches; proposed channel improvements, district boundaries and numbers, ditches, levees, and pumping plants. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:72,400].
Date:
1914
Creator:
United States Dept. of Agriculture
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inside Irvine Furniture Store]
Photograph of five men in suits standing inside the Irvine Furniture Store on Houston Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas. Wicker chairs are lined up in the middle of the room, and wooden cabinets are pushed against the walls.
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Standing in Flood Waters]
Photograph of a group of people standing in knee-high water in front of a building after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. An overturned tree is visible to the left in front of the building, and there are several other buildings in the background.
Date:
August 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Newport Bar and Grill]
Photograph of the interior of the Newport Bar and Grill on Austin Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas. A man stands by the counter to the left, and several men sit on stools at the bar in the background.
Date:
[1912..1930]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of John W. Gates]
Photograph of John W. Gates sitting at a desk with one hand on the papers in front of him and the other holding a pen.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men on Wells Fargo Wagon]
Photograph of two men standing with a Wells Fargo wagon pulled by two horses on a road in Port Arthur, Texas. One man sits in the driver's seat, and the other, identified as Earl Gautreaux, stands on the tailgate. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Cumberland Telephone Company]
Photograph of several women sitting at a switch board at the Cumberland Telephone Company in Port Arthur, Texas. The women at the switch board are identified, from left to right, as Daisy Neal, an unidentified woman, Lillian Frost, and Flora Tucker. The woman at the desk to the left is Mrs. Stanley, and the man standing in the background is Mr. Toples.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buildings During Flood]
Photograph of high waters at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Men Standing in Flood Water]
Photograph of four men standing in chest high water after a flood, in front of a bakery at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boat in Hotel Lobby]
Photograph of several boys sitting in a boat in the side lobby of the Lake View Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas after a flood.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House in Flood Waters]
Photograph of several houses in high waters at 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People in Street After Flood]
Photograph of people standing in high waters in the street after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. There are several horse-drawn wagons in the street, and people stand on the balconies of some of the buildings in the background.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Store]
Photograph of several employees standing between shelves inside a store in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
1913~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flooding Outside Post Office]
Photograph of people pushing boats and standing in high flood waters in front of the post office in Port Arthur, Texas. Several people sit in a horse-drawn wagon to the right, and a large group of people stand on the post office's steps.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men in Chest High Water]
Photograph of four men wading through chest high water in front of a bakery on Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas, after a flood.
Date:
August 18, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Standing Around Whale]
Photograph of several men standing around a dead sperm whale laid on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. A wooden fence is visible to the right, and there is a coil of rope on the boards in the foreground.
Date:
March 18, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men and Children by Whale]
Photograph of two men standing by the jaws of a dead sperm whale on wooden boards in Port Arthur, Texas. Another man and two small children stand to the right, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
March 18, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History