Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for an improved, cheap and convenient bale-tie. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1875
Creator: Brown, Maurice T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter Attachment. (open access)

Corn Planter Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved planter attachment. This design consists "of a suitable hopper which is to be attached to the side of the beam, a spring-actuated seed-slide, an extension or support which projects from one end of the hopper, a pivoted lever placed upon the extension and connected to the seed-slide at one end, a strap connected to the outer end of the lever, and the singletree to which the draft animal is secured . . . to convert any ordinary plow or cultivator into a corn-planter . . . which is operated by the pivoted motion of the singletree as the draft animal moves forward" (lines 14-29).
Date: November 13, 1888
Creator: Dean, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flower-Baskets (open access)

Improvement in Flower-Baskets

Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Tennyson, Fannie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Anderson County, Block 3

Parent map for Anderson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Anderson County, Index

Index map for Anderson County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:110,538.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Rest (open access)

Vehicle Top Rest

Patent for a vehicle top rest. Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1904
Creator: Martin, Edward Gale & Miller, Joseph Sherman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for a nut cracking device.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Gradick, Wiley N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History