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Cereal Food and Process of Preparing the Same. (open access)

Cereal Food and Process of Preparing the Same.

Patent for improving cereal food processing by grinding corn and other grains into meal to convert starch into dextrin, and through drying grains to remove moisture and prevent fermentation (lines 17-23). Additionally, the processing will make the cereal appetizing and easily digestible.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Kelly, Martha R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

Photograph of people, cars, and wagons in front of a railroad depot, identified at the bottom as "I. and G. N. Ry. Depot, Laredo, Texas." Postcard is dated 7/15/1920. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Henry" that refers to an attack that day on Nuevo Laredo by revolutionaries.
Date: July 15, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Hall and Flores Avenue]

Photograph of City Hall on Flores Avenue. Shows a street car going north-south on Flores Avenue. Has the stamp of the "Consulado de Mexico."
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bender Hotel]

Postcard postmarked January 6, 1926 of the Bender Hotel in Laredo, Texas. Several people are standing outside and there are automobiles parked on the street and on the hotel sidewalk.
Date: [1925..1926]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotulla 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: 1929
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Men with Horses]

Postcard of a large group of horses and cavalry soldiers in a corral at a camp. In the foreground several men are standing next to horses who are drinking from troughs and behind them other soldiers are leading horses away to the other end of the corral. A large pipe is visible in the foreground on the left and trees and more horses can be seen in the background. A handwritten text on the front of the postcard reads "14th and 16th Cavalry Camp at Webb, Tex. April 22, 1920. 138 miles from San Antonio"
Date: April 22, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow or Terracer (open access)

Disk Harrow or Terracer

Patent for a disk harrow or terracer that is more efficient in operation for turning soil with an improved structure and functionality.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: {Barnes, Jonathan G.}
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for a fruit and vegetable crate that is collapsable to facilitate transportation, and has strong corners to enable heavy usage.
Date: August 29, 1922
Creator: Cobb, J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Picking Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Picking Cotton.

Patent for an improved machine for picking cotton that is designed for the purpose of picking cotton fiber from the plants of the row. The machine is adapted to pass along over the row to extract the fiber from the bolls of the plants. The machine's provision allows for discharging the hairy tuft of the cotton seeds into elevating chutes so that the cotton seed can be discharged into a suitable receptacle mounted upon the framework of the machine.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Threadgill, Wilmer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rear Sight For Firearms (open access)

Rear Sight For Firearms

Patent for rear sight firearm. To help aid in the night with rear vision and align for better direction when used during the night.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kaempfer Effie May Wagner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Front Sight for Firearms. (open access)

Front Sight for Firearms.

Patent for a luminous rear sight for firearms of all types. Including Illustration.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History