Mason 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: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Clamp. (open access)

Spring-Clamp.

Patent for a spring clamp "for suspending small articles -- such as towels, dishcloths, and napkins -- and which may also be employed for hanging window-curtains, portières, goods in show-windows, and similar purposes" (lines 7-12)
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Westbrook, Nancy Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vermin-Destroyer. (open access)

Vermin-Destroyer.

Patent for a device to exterminate burrowing animals.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Phillips, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History