Rotary Tooth-Brush (open access)

Rotary Tooth-Brush

Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Abel, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps. (open access)

Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps.

Patent for a new and improved air-compressor. This design "relates to improvements in air-compressing mechanism for the purpose of pumping for forcing from deep wells and performing similar work; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a larger and smaller air-cylinder, and the combination therewith of mechanism to force the air from the larger into the smaller cylinder to increase the air-pressure in the latter" (lines 22-30).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Adams, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for T-Stands (open access)

Attachment for T-Stands

Patent for improvement of T stands, which includes a vertical rod that makes attachment and removal easier.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Adamson, John Selden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Review of Program and Administrative Activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation (open access)

Review of Program and Administrative Activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation

Report on the activities of the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation from 1977-1978 for Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, from the United States General Accounting Office.
Date: December 15, 1977
Creator: Ahart, Gregory J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Banana-Case (open access)

Banana-Case

Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date: November 13, 1888
Creator: Aiken, Robert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

208 Planning--Water within the Region

Map of water bodies and streams in the region surrounding San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 197X
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals (open access)

1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals

First report in a series on census data related to population and housing in the Alamo area of Texas arranged by enumeration district and location name, outlining data by counties.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
1976 Overall Program Design (open access)

1976 Overall Program Design

Report outlining the management plans for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, including the plans to improve regional services and development, and to better utilize human resources.
Date: 1976
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 1 (open access)

AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 1

First part of a report about the official water resources plan adopted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments for the planning region. This volume provides a description of the group's methodology and an analysis of water resource areas.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 2 (open access)

AACOG Water Resource Management Plan: Volume 2

Second part of a report about the official water resources plan adopted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments for the planning region. This volume addresses the cost of installing water distribution, waste water collection, and storm drainage facilities.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alamo Area Council of Governments, Housing for the Region - A Three Year Study Design (open access)

Alamo Area Council of Governments, Housing for the Region - A Three Year Study Design

This report develops a study design in order to investigate and analyze factors such as employment, income, education, and health, which contribute to current housing conditions. The study will also attempt to point out methods whereby member governments can begin to deal effectively with the housing situation from three viewpoints: rehabilitation, maintenance and the halt of obsolescence, and the provision of an adequate supply of new housing.
Date: September 1969
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alamo Area Council of Governments Problems, Objectives, Services Report (open access)

Alamo Area Council of Governments Problems, Objectives, Services Report

A report on social planning needs and priorities in the San Antonio area.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alamo Area Council of Governments Program 1970 (open access)

Alamo Area Council of Governments Program 1970

The annual work program ending October 31, 1970 for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, offering solutions to problems that affect both urban and non-urban areas in the region.
Date: December 1969
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: April - June 1976 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: April - June 1976

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the second quarter of 1976.
Date: July 1976
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: July - September 1976 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: July - September 1976

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1976.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: January - March 1977

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1977.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: April - June 1977 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: April - June 1977

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the second quarter of 1976.
Date: July 1977
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: July - September 1978 (open access)

Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan Quarterly Report: July - September 1978

Quarterly report of the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan in/near San Antonio, Texas describing the program's activities, contract status, finances, relationships with other agencies, and additional information for the third quarter of 1978.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Codes Profile for the Alamo Area Council of Governments Region (open access)

Codes Profile for the Alamo Area Council of Governments Region

Summary: This report is a brief profile of the existing housing and construction codes throughout the Alamo Area Council of Governments Region. In-depth analysis of these codes and coordination with local officials for recommendations will form a part of the regional housing development plan.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decision Area 8: Remaining Area

A map depicting Decision Area VIII, all of the area outside of Decision Areas I through VII, principally rural and containing two notable sewage treatment plants.
Date: March 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decision Area I: Plan I1

Map noting the existing treatment plants (Rilling Road, Leon Creek, Salado Creek) south of San Antonio, and proposed tertiary treatment plants.
Date: unknown
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decision Area I: Plan I12-B

A map of Bexar County, Texas showing the alternative plan to add pipeline irrigation with secondary effluent at the Rilling Road and Leon Creek plants, and to upgrade the Salado Plant.
Date: March 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decision Area I: Plan I2-B

Map detailing an alternative technical plan to relocate Rilling Road flows to Salado and upgrade Salado and Leon Creek Plants.
Date: March 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decision Area I: Plan I3

Map of Bexar County, Texas showing the alternative technical plan to relocate Rilling Road flows to Salado, upgrade Salado Creek Plant and staged upgrading of Leon Creek Plant.
Date: March 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History