Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a combined signal and sign-displaying lamp for vehicles that uses only one light to illuminate all the sections and allows for easy interchanging of number plates.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Puckett, Almor Manor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter (open access)

Cheese Cutter

Patent for a cheese cutter which includes a scale to determine the amount of cheese including illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Niggli, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Medina County, Block 15

Parent map for Medina County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 10, 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): Medina County, Inset F01

Inset map for Medina County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,221.
Date: December 10, 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): Medina County, Block 20

Parent map for Medina County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 10, 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): Medina County, Block 10

Parent map for Medina County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 10, 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): Medina County, Block 5

Parent map for Medina County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 10, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation (open access)

Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation

Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Rife, Archibald H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Index map for Medina 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 1:97,233.
Date: December 10, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Monthly Reports: March 1996 (open access)

San Antonio Monthly Reports: March 1996

Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities. This set of reports includes information about permits for March 1996.
Date: April 10, 1996
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
EODC Migrant Manpower Project For Bexar County (open access)

EODC Migrant Manpower Project For Bexar County

A report on the Migrant Manpower Project of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation in Bexar County.
Date: April 10, 1972
Creator: Economic Opportunities Development Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2019 (open access)

University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio Operating Budget: 2019

Proposed budget for the University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: University of Texas Health Center at San Antonio
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Foot Rest. (open access)

Collapsible Foot Rest.

Patent for a collapsible foot rest used for shoe shining stands. The invention is meant to simplify and improve the process of one stepping off or on a foot-rest to prevent injury or accident.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Le Laurin, Eugene M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3529, Chapter 896 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3529, Chapter 896

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1545, Chapter 639 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1545, Chapter 639

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Bexar County Hospital District.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor. (open access)

Tractor.

Patent for an improvement in tractors that allowed adjustment to the tread or allowed distance between traction elements.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Franklin, Floyd P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Patent for an improvement in animal traps to catch animals without bait, including illustrations.
Date: March 10, 1874
Creator: De Vilbiss, John W., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trip and Signal Device. (open access)

Trip and Signal Device.

Patent for a trip and signal device for mounting on railroad car wheels, which does not hammer on the wheels.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Davis, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles. (open access)

Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles.

Patent for an automatic adjuster for the steering gear of a Ford automobile, for "attachment to the steering knuckle arms and the front radius yoke" (lines 12-13), improving wheel alignment and tension and reducing "wabbling movement" (line 46).
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Moulder, Duncan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoeing-Machine (open access)

Hoeing-Machine

Patent for improvements "to afford facilities for the more ready and perfect protection of the plant while the pulverizing-blades are cultivating the soil around it; second, to provide a better and more ready means of guiding the pulverizing-blades along the row I attain these objects by giving my guiding-fender a motion independent of the motion of the pulverizing-blades along the row and around the plants" (lines 13-19).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Hurd, Judson B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease Cup. (open access)

Grease Cup.

Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.
Date: January 10, 1920
Creator: Allen, Arthur Chester John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for an improved chute type fire escape which is used to allow people to safely descend several stories of a building to the ground. Improvements include easy and economical installation, prevention of congestion of persons entering the chute, prevention of persons falling out of the chute, and inclusion of a water sheet to prevent the chute from catching fire.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter - Fastener (open access)

Shutter - Fastener

Patent for an improvement in shutter and blind fasteners. The invention provides a way for someone to lock or fasten blinds so they cannot be opened from the outside.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Niggli, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Cord Holder (open access)

Sash Cord Holder

Patent for a sash cord holder. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Haas, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History