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McCulloch County [Texas]: Official County Map

Map shows land tract boundaries with numbers and ownership, towns, roads, railroads, and oil lease boundaries; small bullseye centered on town of Brady; portions of adjacent counties where property lines extend beyond county limits. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1917
Creator: Doty, W. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

McCulloch County, Texas : dots show producing wells and wells drilling the Lohn Shallow Field, derricks show deep tests.

Map shows boundaries and holders of oil leases, locations of wells, landowners, towns, railroads, roads, and course of the San Saba and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries. Scale not given. Text on the back of the map discusses oil drilling in McCulloch County, Texas and the geology of the area.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Brady Chamber of Commerce
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
Vulcanizing Device. (open access)

Vulcanizing Device.

Patent for a vulcanizing device for use on tires.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Robbins, James M. & Crew, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve for use as part of a tank filling apparatus, which is easy to attach.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: McKnight, Samuel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Scraper. (open access)

Wheeled Scraper.

Patent for improvements on the scoop-like body of a wheeled scraper. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1909
Creator: Robbins, John Proctor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine. (open access)

Steam-Engine.

Patent for a two cylinder steam engine.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Putman, Lewis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie. (open access)

Tie.

Patent for a railway tie that has a stronger attachment to the rails than other models.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Wade, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Matthews, Joseph William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop (open access)

Envelop

Patent for an envelop. Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Robertson, Fannie B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Ladder. (open access)

Extensible Ladder.

Patent for a new and useful Extensible Ladder. The improved Extensible Ladder is comprised of a ladder on each side of the structure, extendable platform, and guard rails.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Putman, Lewis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Signal. (open access)

Railroad-Signal.

Patent for a new Railroad-Signal invention. The Railroad-Signal functions as an improved device for alerting locomotive engineers that an upcoming bridge is broken, flooded, or on fire.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Waddle, Calvin H. & Roberston, Everett C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke or Tongue Attachment (open access)

Neck-Yoke or Tongue Attachment

Patent for a neck-yoke or tongue attachment. It is adapted for use with any "type of breast-bar, neck-yoke, or tongue and pole equipped vehicles" (lines 12-14).
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Davis, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brady 1916 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch 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

Brady 1916 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch 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

Brady 1916 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch 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

Brady 1916 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch 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

[Photograph of Church Exterior]

Photograph of the exterior view of the finished church in 1911 (building no longer standing).
Date: 1911
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

Photograph of six of the Hanson sisters, standing in order of height from left to right with the tallest sister holding the basketball, posed identically with their hands on each other's shoulders.
Date: 1918
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

Photograph of the Hanson School's 1918 basketball team, made up of six of the Hanson sisters, facing forward while lying on the ground in their uniforms and posing identically with the basketball in the center forefront.
Date: 1918
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Blomstrom Family]

Photograph of the Blomstrom Family with the family dog on the front porch of their home in Melvin, Texas, 1910.
Date: 1910
Creator: Blomstrom, Knute A., Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Hanson Family Home]

Photograph of a large group of men, women, and children (and one hunting dog) standing outside the West Sweden home of Joe and Hilda Hanson.
Date: 1910
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Charles Blomstrom and Sons]

Photograph of Charles Blomstrom with sons Gunnar and Knute, both atop donkeys, and son Alfred, astraddle a young calf, in the barnyard of their Melvin home in 1910.
Date: 1910
Creator: Blomstrom, Knute A., Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History