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Compressing-Machine.
Patent for a compressing machine for pressing plastic, cotton, and cotton seeds.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, where the hoes rotate in an elliptical shape rather than a circle.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Gibson, Rupert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shade and Current Bracket Support and Shade-Guide.
Patent for a combined shade and curtain bracket support and shade guide, which makes shades roll up straight rather than catching on edges and tearing.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Hoxworth, Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with mechanically operated hoes that go in an ellipse across the ground.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Gibson, Rupert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improved cotton-chopper.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Leubner, Carl W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling
Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Banister, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1910
Creator:
Weber, Charles Wile
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigar-Box Clip.
Patent for an inexpensive improvement to cigar box clips or clamps, that will make it easier for the box to be left open at a tilted angle, for the purpose of displaying the cigars or other objects inside.
Date:
November 21, 1911
Creator:
Holder, Andrew Thomas.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Willie Sappenfield on Back of Chair]
Portrait of Willie Sappenfield seated on the back of a chair with floral print and metal designs. He wears a light-colored collar shirt, striped tie, shorts, tights, and button-up boots, and in his hands he holds a piece of paper. A hand written note on the back reads, "Willie Sappenfield, 12 yrs. old, taken Oct. 18, 1913."
Date:
October 18, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Townsend Hall at Texas Christian University]
Photograph of Townsend Hall at Texas Christian University. This photograph was taken after the March 22, 1910 fire in Waco, Texas. The words "Girls' Home" is written over one entrance, and a crowd of people are gathered on the lawn.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
McCall, C. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Window Display at E. F. Bauman Grocery Store]
Photograph of a window display at the E. F. Bauman grocery store in Waco, Texas. The display features several beverage bottles, a painting of a girl in a canoe, and several other items. The store was located at 309 Franklin Avenue, Waco, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Main Building at Texas Christian University]
Photograph of the main building at Texas Christian University (formerly Waco Female College) in Waco, Texas, taken after the March 22, 1910 fire. The brick and stone building is damaged and does not have a roof. People and trees are on the lawn. The back includes a printed statement from the photographer and a handwritten note that says "Waco T.C.U. main building, after the fire on 3-22-1910. Presented to J.A. Curry by W. H. Curry."
Date:
[1910-03-22..]
Creator:
McCall, C. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Willie Sappenfield Seated]
Portrait of Willie Sappenfield seated in a chair with floral print and metal designs. He wears a light colored collar shirt, striped tie, shorts (which look to be rolled up pants), tights, and button-up boots. A hand written note on the back reads, "Willie Sappenfield, taken Oct. 18, 1913, 12 yrs. old."
Date:
October 18, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Axtell Railroad Station]
Postcard sent to Miss Loudie George in Houston, Texas. The image on the front features a photograph of the Axtell Railroad Station on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas with three women and a man standing outside the entrance. Buildings are visible in the background. A note written on the back is dated November 2, 1910 and says "I arrived home Tuesday morning and made an auto trip to [...] via Moody got home at 10 last night will be in Waco again tomorrow May get to see you in Waco or I may have an exhibit there during the Cotton Palace They are decorating the business houses already"
Date:
November 12, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Brazos River Flood]
Postcard showing the Brazos River flood on Elm Street in East Waco. Buildings and power lines can be seen above the water.
Date:
December 7, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard From Fred to His Sister, October 20, 1917]
Postcard from Fred to Ms. Eva Safowin telling her about life in Waco. The postcard shows three soldiers beside a tent, an American flag, and three rifles.
Date:
October 20, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Card for Phil Bahl]
Memorial card for John Phil Bahl, died January 22, 1918, at the age of 68. This card is black and has a short poem printed on the bottom half.
Date:
January 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Two-Story House]
Photograph of a two-story house with a porch and balcony. The text on the back reads: "Grandmother' grandfather' home...1902 Austin Ave...Built 1915....William E. Colgin Sr."
Date:
1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Mary Louise Hanrick]
Portrait of eleven year old Mary Louise Hanrick in a squared dress and a paper in her left hand.
Date:
June 26, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Carter J. Harris, 1918]
Photograph of Carter J. Harris, a World War One veteran.
Date:
1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]
Calendar for the year 1914 with a photograph of a woman and small child reading posted on each page. The calendars at the bottom of the page fold back to reveal the rest of the months of the year.
Date:
1914
Creator:
R. Chapman Co.
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Merchant William Colgin, Jr.]
Photograph of Merchant William Colgin, Jr. as an infant.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Thompson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Man and Woman]
Photograph of a young man and young woman, Henry Frank Smith and Monetta Stribling, locking arms and posing for a picture. Behind them an automobile is partially visible. They are dressed in semi-formal attire; the young woman has a corsage attached to her clothing.
Date:
December 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lucile Evans as a Maid of Honor]
Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans, standing outside the Evans family home at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. As the maid of honor to an unidentified bride, she is clad in a long-sleeved dress and a wide-brimmed hat. She is clutching a bouquet of flowers in her arm. The photo is attached to a piece of black paper upon which this note has been written underneath the photo: "the maid of honor Miss Lucile Evans, April 29, '17."
Date:
April 29, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History