Beaver 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 1:31680
Date: 1920
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Holder. (open access)

Train-Order Holder.

Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Crady, Daniel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Signal (open access)

Railroad-Signal

Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Humphrys, Sidney E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History