Collapsible Barrel. (open access)

Collapsible Barrel.

Patent for a collapsible barrel for use in shipping.
Date: October 13, 1908
Creator: Lemly, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computing Machine (open access)

Computing Machine

Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Joshua Terry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bow Facing Oar (open access)

Bow Facing Oar

Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Case, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat (open access)

Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat

Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Gains, Edward P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters (open access)

Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters

Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Agee, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles (open access)

Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles

Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Logan, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Crouch, Jim L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texarkana 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: 1909
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Boston 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: 1909
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Cart. (open access)

Log-Cart.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin log carts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Bender, Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Variable Speed Governor (open access)

Variable Speed Governor

Patent for a variable speed governor. This invention regulates speed of vehicle without stopping the motor. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Casteel, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket. (open access)

Well-Bucket.

Patent for a well bucket with a float attachment to prevent the bucket from hitting the bottom of the well and stirring up sand or mud.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Thomas, Eliga Moran
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tram Car (open access)

Tram Car

Patent for a tram car. Illustration included.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Schimff, Jacob John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle.

Patent for a motor vehicle of an ordinary farm type wagon.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: McCurry, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating (open access)

Process of Saturating

Patent for a process saturating wood with preservatives. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Jones, William C.; Stratford, William R. J.; Byrnes, Frank B. & Nixon, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Buckle (open access)

Trace Buckle

Patent for trace buckle. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Godfrey, Walter J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preserving Wood (open access)

Process of Preserving Wood

Patent for a process of preserving wood.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Logan, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Release Mechanism (open access)

Electric Release Mechanism

Patent for an electric release mechanism. This invention is designed to allow the main signal to sound an alarm by the fire telegraph to open doors restraining horses. Illustration included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Ochs, Jack
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for a fence post with a base that expands when put in the ground to hold it firmly in place.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Cherry, Fon T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal. The signal is meant to "provide a flag holder or staff which will normally conceal a plurality of flags or similar signals of different colors or significance, arrangement being made for bringing any one of these flags into view" (lines 11-16). Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Ruggles, Clifton P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table (open access)

Folding Table

Patent for a folding table. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Moore, William Bryant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Pocket (open access)

Safety-Pocket

Patent for a particular pocket and its attachments that allows access by the owner but prevents objects held within from falling out or easily removed by another person.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: McCauley, Walter John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Savings Bank (open access)

Savings Bank

Patent for savings bank for use in the home. Illustration included.
Date: January 31, 1905
Creator: King, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rat Trap (open access)

Rat Trap

Patent for a rat trap. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Turnbo, Lycurgus S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History