Child's Bed. (open access)

Child's Bed.

Patent for a retractable crib and mattress attached to side of bedstead, folding underneath for storage when not in use. When fully extended, allows crib mattress and bedstead mattress to be in the same plane.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Myers, Daniel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Coating Composition. (open access)

Metal-Coating Composition.

Patent for a metal coating composition to form a protective coating on metals and steel to prevent rust and corrosion.
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Ethridge, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant (open access)

Vegetable-Curing Plant

Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that improves the type of plow employing "a moldboard and plowpoint or share bolted to a standard" (lines 9-11), with illustrations. This patent improves upon previous patents numbered 974,675 and 974,676 issued to the same inventor on November 1, 1910.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-wheel. (open access)

Spring-wheel.

Patent for an enhanced spring-wheel featuring novel adjustments to the tread and assembly of side plates, includes illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Thomas, James Alfored
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweet Potato Curing House (open access)

Sweet Potato Curing House

Patent for useful improvements in sweet potato curing houses. The designs provides for a heated and ventilated structure to prevent the rotting of the sweet potatos.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Woods, Edgar Miles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 138 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 138

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate commemorating the 40th annual Great Texas Balloon Race in Gregg County.
Date: June 15, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2675, Chapter 492 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2675, Chapter 492

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 31 in Gregg County as the Jack Ward Memorial Highway.
Date: June 9, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way. (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.

Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter. (open access)

Colter.

Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: James Zedrick Elder
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device. (open access)

Lubricating Device.

Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: McKay, Guy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for a air-and-liquid tight silo structure that "may be built up readily out of a plurality of relatively small stock units which may be handled easily" (line 11-13).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Shoupe, Joseph Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance. (open access)

Sash Balance.

Patent for an improved window sash balance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Jones, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Starr, William Burr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato Curing Apparatus. (open access)

Potato Curing Apparatus.

Patent for a potato-curing apparatus that includes container that allows air to circulate around inside of it.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Wells, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep (open access)

Cotton Sweep

Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Young, Jacob Clemmons
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker. (open access)

Milking Device and Antikicker.

Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Clark, Laura A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2540, Chapter 566 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2540, Chapter 566

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of Spur 63 in Gregg County as the Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott Memorial Highway.
Date: June 16, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper East Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intensive Archeological Survey of the City of Longview 12-inch Diameter Water Line from the Garland Road/Estes Drive Intersection to the Booster Pump Station at the East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Gregg County, Texas (open access)

Intensive Archeological Survey of the City of Longview 12-inch Diameter Water Line from the Garland Road/Estes Drive Intersection to the Booster Pump Station at the East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Gregg County, Texas

Report describing an archaelogical survey of an area near Longview, Texas, including a background literature search, an interview with a pertinent landowner, and a pedestrian survey with shovel testing of the entire water line corridor.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Ralph, Ronald W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History