Blower for Forges (open access)

Blower for Forges

Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date: June 19, 1902
Creator: Roach, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Clothes-Pounders. The invention "has its object to provide a simple and effective clothes pounder in which the air as well as the water is used as an agent in removing the dirt from the clothes" (line 12- 16).
Date: November 9, 1897
Creator: Allen, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Protector (open access)

Breech-Protector

Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer (open access)

Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer

Patent for a combined churn and ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: November 9, 1909
Creator: Jones, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an improvement to aeroplanes which includes movable horizontal and vertical planes (or curtains).
Date: February 25, 1911
Creator: Blewett, Baxter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-neck (open access)

Bottle-neck

Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Huffer, Tilghman A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Wilks, Chance
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trace Connector (open access)

Adjustable Trace Connector

Patent for an adjustable trace connector. Illustration included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Erwin, Agustin Reese; Burks, William D. & Burks, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Step (open access)

Car Step

Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blotting Pad (open access)

Blotting Pad

Patent for an ink blotting pad. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet for storing lace or ribbons.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hayden, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Claw-Bar. (open access)

Claw-Bar.

Patent for a new and useful claw bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator standard which allows the pitch and angle of the cultivator to be adjusted.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marking a Trail :  The Quest Continues, A Centennial History of the Texas Woman's University (open access)

Marking a Trail : The Quest Continues, A Centennial History of the Texas Woman's University

This document provides information about the history of the Texas Woman's University and their centennial celebrations.
Date: 2001
Creator: Bridges, Phyllis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 5 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes to part of I-35 in Denton County, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380. Scale 1:2,400 (horizontal), 1:240 (vertical).
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 7 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes to part of I-35 in Denton County, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380. Scale 1:2,400 (horizontal), 1:240 (vertical).
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 6 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes to part of I-35 in Denton County, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380. Scale 1:2,400 (horizontal), 1:240 (vertical).
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 12 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes to part of I-35, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380.
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 8 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes to part of I-35 in Denton County, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380. Scale 1:2,400 (horizontal), 1:240 (vertical).
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas District Draft Interim Schematic, IH 35E from IH 635 to US 380: Roll 10 of 30

Schematic showing proposed changes related to the University of of North Texas Pedestrian Bridge in relation to I-35, including expansions, additions, and other construction on the highway. This is one segment of a larger improvement project affecting IH 35E between IH 635 and US 380. Scale 1:2,400 (horizontal), 1:240 (vertical).
Date: January 11, 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History