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Bee-Cage. (open access)

Bee-Cage.

Patent for a new and improved design of bee cages that facilitates the feeding of bees during transportation and provides "the proper ventilation of the air through the cage to prevent the bees from smothering" (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Ault, Eugene B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Shipping Cage (open access)

Bee-Shipping Cage

Patent for transferring bees to a different hive without injury and preventing bees from escaping. The bee-cage offers different ways to transfer the bees.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Ault, Eugene B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Soft Candy. (open access)

Feeder for Soft Candy.

Patent for bee feeder device that allows bees to have access to food during transport. The feeder also is designed to prevent any running and clogging, while minimizing bee death due to starvation.
Date: July 12, 1921
Creator: Ault, Eugene B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor. (open access)

Razor.

Patent for a safety razor, with the objects of a creating a novel frame for holding a razor blade of any desired sort, and so that the vibrations will not be transferred to the carrying frame.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Brasier, William Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Holding Slats to Belts (open access)

Means for Holding Slats to Belts

Patent for an improved means of fastening slats to belts without the use of rivets or other fasteners.
Date: May 29, 1920
Creator: Cowan, Charles G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas and Southwestern Lore (open access)

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aransas Pass Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1925
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oso Creek Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1925
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Petronilla Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1924
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Robstown Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1925
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Robstown Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1925
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Record-Printing Device. (open access)

Record-Printing Device.

Patent for record printing device that is used on cars for mechanics to record the car number and other data. The printing device is more durable especially though rough weather and easy to use by the mechanic.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Gray, Dexter B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lander Legett to Ruth Legett - November 25, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Lander Legett to Ruth Legett - November 25, 1928]

Letter written to Ruth Legett from Lander Legett, concerning their family genealogy.
Date: November 25, 1928
Creator: Legett, Lander
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steering Mechanism for Plows. (open access)

Combination Steering Mechanism for Plows.

Patent for a combination steering mechanism for plows, which allows the plow to move independently (lateral movement only) of the plow frame.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Rarig, Welden C. & Smith, Glen E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Can. (open access)

Safety Oil-Can.

Patent for "an improvement in safety oil cans...to provide in an oil can, [a] mechanism for securely closing the spout, to prevent waste and evaporation..." (lines 9-13).
Date: July 26, 1921
Creator: Richey, James David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop 1922 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bishop in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop 1922 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bishop in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop 1922 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bishop in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop 1922 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Bishop in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi 1927 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1927
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi 1927 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1927
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi 1927 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1927
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi 1927 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1927
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi 1927 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1927
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History