Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers (open access)

Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers

Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
Date: November 11, 1879
Creator: Murphy, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Inset A01

Inset map for Wood County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,458.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Block 2

Parent map for Wood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Index

Index map for Wood County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:86,998.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Block 1

Parent map for Wood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Block 3

Parent map for Wood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wood County, Block 4

Parent map for Wood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Bays, Lafayette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner. (open access)

Leaf-Turner.

Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Holcom, Jarret C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History