El Paso 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: 1901
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-truck. (open access)

Car-truck.

Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Rouy, Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer (open access)

Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer

Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Horsley, John Shelton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal (open access)

Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal

Patent for an improved machine that will shear and cut metals.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Crane, Walter E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Machine (open access)

Soldering-Machine

Patent for soldering machine "for uniting by soldering these connections or joints of the printing strips, although the machine is not limited to this purpose, for, as will be obvious, it is adapted for application in the soldering of various kinds of work" (lines 32-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Crane, Walter E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for a new envelop that allows for "greater privacy and safety" (line 17) and "to be readily opened by the recipient" (line 19).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock and Lift (open access)

Sash Lock and Lift

Patent for sash lock and lift that "relates to improvements in devices for operating window-sashes, and especially provides an improved means for operating the upper sash and locking the same securely in any desired position with respect to the lower sash, thus obviating the necessity for reaching up for the upper sash when it is desired to raise or lower the same or to lock it in open position for the purpose of ventilation" (lines 12-21) including instructions and illustrations
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Schairer, John Jacob
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History