Base Board (open access)

Base Board

Patent for base board. Illustrations included.
Date: November 12, 1907
Creator: Bryan, Augustus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Control (open access)

Sash Control

Patent for a window sash control system. This mechanism allows the user to open a hard to reach window, such as one at the top of a stairwell, remotely via a series of ropes and pulleys.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Coogle, John David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peach Stoner. (open access)

Peach Stoner.

Patent for a new and improved peach pitter. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the main frame having the part rising from its base, the yielding holding-blades having their upper edges beveled and formed as cutters and overlapping at their side edges . . . the plunger having its lower end recessed and provided with an annular cutting-edge, the crescent-shaped cutting blades secured to said plunger above its cutting point, from their convex edges forming cutters, the operating-lever, and pitman connecting the same with the upper end of the plunger" (lines 24-36).
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "an improved plow especially adapted for use in plowing down listed or bedded land to reduce the same to a level and also adapted for other purposes" .(lines 11-14). The plow is designed to improve the physical construction of the plow making it better and stronger while eliminating past flaws.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Killingsworth, Robert Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspensory (open access)

Suspensory

Patent for suspensory to prevent binding and discomfort. Illustration included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: Munsey, Elbert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine. (open access)

Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed and cylinder printing machines for "operating and controlling the motion of the bed-plate thereof" (line 11 - 13).
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Murray, George T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beer Cooler. (open access)

Beer Cooler.

Patent for a new and improved beer cooler. This design "consists in the detailed construction and arrangement of a cooling-chamber or refrigerator which is adapted to be attached to the faucet of the keg or barrel containing the beverage" (lines 24-28).
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Newman, George Morton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Newton, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a well-boring apparatus that has a rotary drill pipe.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Norris, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids (open access)

Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids

Patent for a compressed air elevator for fluids.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Sloan, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1039 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1039

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: Under the facts stated, whether the Corsicana Independent School District is entitled to the 1959 taxes collected by the County Tax Assessor-Collector on the territory added to it by the County Board on August 28, 1959, and related questions.
Date: April 12, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Ellis County, Block 20

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 21

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 26

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 27

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 28

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 32

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 33

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 35

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Block 36

Parent map for Ellis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Ellis County, Index

Index map for Ellis 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 1:106,444.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Henderson County, Block 1

Parent map for Henderson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Henderson County, Block 2

Parent map for Henderson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
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): Henderson County, Block 10

Parent map for Henderson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History