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Antiskid Device (open access)

Antiskid Device

Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Smith, Ross
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment (open access)

Bed Attachment

Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Block or Follower for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.

Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Becker, Irvine N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Controlling Mechanism for Exhaust-Gases of Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for an improved controlling mechanism for accelerating the warming up of engines, especially automotive and marine engines. It can maintain a good working temperature while running at slow speeds so that the engine may operate economically in cold weather.
Date: January 29, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper. (open access)

Cotton-Tramper.

Patent for an improvement in the "apparatus for tramping and packing cotton" and "for automatically feeding cotton to a tramper at predetermined intervals." The invention is to be used in a two-story ginhouse alongside a condenser and press box.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Hopkins, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Cuellar brothers hoeing cotton]

Photograph of the Cuellar brothers hoeing cotton in a field located in Kaufman, Texas. Everyone is wearing long-sleeve, button-up shirts with large hats. From left to right: Manuel, Willie Jack, Amos (standing), Mack, Alfred, Frank, and Gilbert.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dallas 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: 1927
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form letter and Certificate:  From Louis C. Perry addressed to Lion Presidents and Secretaries, Lion Clubs of Texas - April 18, 1924] (open access)

[Form letter and Certificate: From Louis C. Perry addressed to Lion Presidents and Secretaries, Lion Clubs of Texas - April 18, 1924]

A form letter addressed to Lion Presidents and Secretaries, Lion Clubs of Texas, from Louis C. Perry, District Governor, Lions International, dated April 18, 1924. The letter advises of travel arrangements as provided officers of the Lions Clubs of Texas for the Paris Convention. Perry advises that certificates are "going out" to the Secretaries in this letter. Enclosed is a Round Trip Identification Certificate for the District Convention of Lions Clubs Annual State Meting, Paris, Texas dated May 5-6, 1924 with the signature of Louis C. Perry, District Governor of Texas.
Date: April 18, 1924
Creator: Perry, Louis C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1921 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1921
Creator: Coates, D. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1924 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 11, 1924
Creator: Rohde, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1924 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1924

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1924
Creator: Rohde, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1925 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1925

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 1925
Creator: Rohde, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1926 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1926
Creator: Rohde, W. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1928 (open access)

The Forney Messenger (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 5, 1928
Creator: O'Bryan, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Mulshing and Insect-Displacing Drag. (open access)

Ground-Mulshing and Insect-Displacing Drag.

Patent for a device to mulch the ground and kill insects, especially for cotton plants. The device is meant to drag behind a cultivator.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Rosenberg, Oliver H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 7

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman 1920 Sheet 8

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History