Uvalde 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: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Device for Tires (open access)

Protecting Device for Tires

Patent for new and useful improvements protecting tires in the provision of a pad held over the tread.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Harmon, William Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders." This includes improved support at both ends.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Mally, Frederick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Antiskid-Chains. (open access)

Fastener for Antiskid-Chains.

Patent for a "means for fastening anti-skidding chains about the tread surfaces of tires, and consists of a simple and efficient device ... which may be easily and quickly applied to the wheel and as easily removed therefrom" (lines 16-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Harmon, William Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History