Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cot-Canopy (open access)

Cot-Canopy

Patent for a cot with a surrounding canopy that is designed to keep insects away from the user.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Kerridge, Isaac Curtis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a shipping crate that has detachable parts and is able to be folded. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Payne, Don F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Orr, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Corpus Christi sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, ranches, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: September 30, 1909
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Corpus Christi area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Corpus Christi area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Corpus Christi area, Texas.
Date: September 30, 1909
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Westover, H. L. (Harvey Leroy)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash (open access)

Window Sash

Patent for a window sash. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Daugherty, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Implement (open access)

Irrigating Implement

Patent for an irrigating implement. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1905
Creator: Banks, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Stevenson, William Crook
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Rail Brace (open access)

Track-Rail Brace

Patent for a track rail brace that connects the rails of a track and prevents spreading.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Snodgrass, Willie B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserving Apparatus (open access)

Preserving Apparatus

Patent for a preserving apparatus. This invention is designed to impregnate articles of food with preservatives or saccharine substance for the use of making catsups, nut syrups, fruit candy, and other like items. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Holden, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Connection. (open access)

Pipe Connection.

Patent for "an improved means of connecting the T which usually joins the pipe of a windmill-operated pump to a cistern-pipe" (lines 7-9)
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Collins, Livingston G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Plugger. (open access)

Dental Plugger.

Patent for a dental plugger which has a movable cylinder on the interior with a "piston-like mallet working in the cylinder and adapted to strike the same, to impart movement to the dental tool" (lines 93-95).
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Blum, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History