P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Kendall County, Block 13

Parent map for Kendall 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: January 7, 2011
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): Kendall County, Block 14

Parent map for Kendall 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: January 7, 2011
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): Kendall County, Index

Index map for Kendall 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 1:73,692.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: July 1995 [Part 2] (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: July 1995 [Part 2]

City of San Antonio Monthly Board of Adjustment Report for July 1995, given by request to St. Mary's University of San Antonio.
Date: August 7, 1995
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1154 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-1154

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Bexar County Hospital District, pursuant to Section 5(b) of Article 4494n, Vernon's Civil Statutes, to fund the operation of a clinic for the poor and indigent without assuming responsibility for control and supervision of such clinic.
Date: June 7, 1972
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6873 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6873

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of a contract for the collection of delinquent taxes in Bexar County
Date: November 7, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trousers. (open access)

Trousers.

Patent for altering trousers to fit all sizes. The ready made trousers are provided with extra material and openings that allow the materials to be adjusted.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Reyes, Benjamin Cardenas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails (open access)

Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails

Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
Date: December 7, 1920
Creator: Caudle, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper. (open access)

Cotton-Tramper.

Patent for a cotton tramper that allows the plunger mechanism to operate automatically when needed to enhance the item's utility.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Jacob, Ernst A. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Machine. (open access)

Boring-Machine.

Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Miller, Emma T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water-Heater. (open access)

Electric Water-Heater.

Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Mosby, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tramper and Baler. (open access)

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor (open access)

Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor

Patent for Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Paschal, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Best, Eben
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders" (lines 5-6). "My invention relates to sash holders... and the object of my invention is to so change the construction of said patented sash holder as to simplify, cheapen and otherwise improve the same" (lines 13-19).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Hart, Joel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. This hydrocarbon burner would embody a unique assemblage of component parts, whereby the liquid fuel is properly strained and vaporized, then air is admixed the the gaseous fuel or vapor. The mixture of air and vapor is discharged in a unique manner to support the flames. The construction is comparatively simple, compact and inexpensive in construction as well as being efficient and practical in operation.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame (open access)

Motor-Cycle Frame

Patent for an improvement in motorcycle frames that enables the motor to hang in the frame so as not be injured from the jolting or jarring on a road.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: White, Edward Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines. (open access)

Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines.

Patent for a mold for typographical casting machines which may be altered to produce slugs of different sizes.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Diaz, Pascual M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Suction and Force Pump (open access)

Air Suction and Force Pump

Patent for improvement in suction and force pumps, a pneumatic lift-and-force pump for raising water from wells.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Feed-Box. (open access)

Folding Feed-Box.

Patent for a folding feed box that may be "readily carried or packed in a small space" (lines 18-19) when not being used.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Young, Benjamin Joshua
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Indicator (open access)

Automobile-Indicator

Patent for an automobile indicator which shows the license number of the car and the state in which the license was issued. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Hoaker, John & Banks, William I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Holder for Writing-Pads (open access)

Foldable Holder for Writing-Pads

Patent for a foldable cover for writing pads. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Kennedy, Oliver Jefferson & Kennedy, Kenneth Ben
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History