Collapsible Crate. (open access)

Collapsible Crate.

Patent for a collapsible crate for shipping berries.
Date: October 8, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Bennett Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes (open access)

Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes

Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow (open access)

Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow

Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop (open access)

Crate Or Coop

Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Sperling, Ellsworth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that has an improved method of attaching a harrow to the cultivator.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment. (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment.

Patent for a cotton gin attachment that cleans and separates the lint before it reaches the machines condenser.
Date: May 31, 1892
Creator: Scott, Eugene C. & Kelly, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Acuff, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bath-Tub. (open access)

Bath-Tub.

Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Lacy, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for "a churn dasher to which a rotary movement shall be imparted by the resistance offered by the fluid to the dasher when the latter is given a vertical reciprocating movement in the ordinary manner, the rotary movement being constantly in one direction, irrespective of the direction of the vertical reciprocating movement" (lines 13-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Awning. (open access)

Awning.

Patent for a new and improved awning. This design consists in "[t]he awning frame, consisting of the pivoted curved rods, pivoted sectional braces pivotally connected to said rods, and the holding or suspending bars pivoted to said rods and having series of adjusting-apertures engaging pins or studs of said braces" (lines 74-79).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Allen, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 111 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 111

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring the silver anniversary of the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore and the diamond anniversary of the discovery of the East Texas Oil Field.
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2016, Chapter 1348 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2016, Chapter 1348

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the compensation paid to a statutory county court judge in Gregg County.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 75 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 75

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the Kilgore High School football team on winning the 2004 UIL Class 4A Division II State Football Championship.
Date: March 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1729, Chapter 1260 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1729, Chapter 1260

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the municipal court of record for the City of Longview.
Date: June 21, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1041

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The applicability to Gregg County of Article 2116c, V.C.S., relative to selection of juries, under the submitted facts.
Date: April 8, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1352 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1352

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Bill 584, Acts 52nd Leg., R.S. 1951, regulating the taking and killing of deer in Panola, Rusk, Harrison, Gregg, and Shelby Counties.
Date: November 20, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-630 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-630

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Gregg County Commissioners' Court to least the county hospital.
Date: May 21, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4664 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4664

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the facts submitted can the district attorney of Gregg County join pro form in the execution of a deed by his wife, conveying the property now designated as her separate property without violating Article 373, of the Penal Code, and a related question?
Date: July 8, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6784 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6784

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the facts submitted, does the county auditor of Gregg County have the authority to reject bills for repair of automobile belonging to an inventory clerk; if so, has the County Clerk authority to issue and deliver a warrant not approved by the auditor?
Date: September 5, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7279 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7279

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of employment of Deputy Tax Collector, Sheriff and County Clerk of Gregg County, and related questions.
Date: October 22, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7330 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7330

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the office of County Attorney exist in Gregg County?
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-25

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of paying the Criminal District Attorney of Gregg County $500.00 per year from State funds in accordance with Section 21 of Article V, Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 7, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History