Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, Ellia Pinkney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bat Former and Compressor (open access)

Cotton Bat Former and Compressor

Patent for a combined cotton bat former and compressor. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Raley, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Slat Fastener. (open access)

Bed-Slat Fastener.

Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back Band. (open access)

Back Band.

Patent for a new and improved back-band. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the back-band, the leather guard secured thereto, and the leather section secured to said band at one end of said guard and provided with loop and buckle, of the protector having slotted ends, and the strap connected with said buckle and having its ends passed through the slotted ends of said protector and under said loop" (lines 65-72).
Date: January 10, 1888
Creator: Helm, Albert Jerome
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 9

Parent map for Van Zandt 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): Rains County, Block 6

Parent map for Rains County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:21,000.
Date: January 7, 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): Van Zandt County, Index

Index map for Van Zandt 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 1:92,115.
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): Van Zandt County, Block 4

Parent map for Van Zandt 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): Rains County, Block 3

Parent map for Rains County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:21,000.
Date: January 7, 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, Index

Index map for Henderson 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 1:138,173.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevil, &c. (open access)

Machine For Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevil, &c.

Patent for a new and useful machine for the destruction of the Mexican cotton boll weevil and other insects, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Strobach, Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment. (open access)

Plow Attachment.

Patent for a plow attachment by using a socket adapted to be clamped in position upon the beam (line 15). “Plow equipped with the attachment may be used at a straddle-row cultivator, or a middle furrow cultivator, and that the teeth may be so arranged as to cast the soil toward or away from the plants, as occasion may require” (lines 35-40). Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Farrington, Johnathan William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switchboard (open access)

Switchboard

Patent for a switchboard for use with telephone exchanges and electrical plants. The invention is designed to connect any line wire to the jack wire. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cloth Rack. (open access)

Oil-Cloth Rack.

Patent for an oil-cloth display rack that includes a measuring device along the side.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sisler, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for improvements in nut-locks, "wherein a ratchet and pawl is employed to prevent retrograde movement of the nut after it has once been turned up into the desired position." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 23, 1891
Creator: Magee, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping (open access)

Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping

Patent for flexible armor for hose and piping. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Weir, Welby Dunbar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer and Seed Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer and Seed Distributer.

Patent for a fertilizer and seed distributor that is operated by hand.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Melton, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan (open access)

Fan

Patent for a a spring motor fan. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert & Hitt, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural-Free-Delivery Cabinet (open access)

Rural-Free-Delivery Cabinet

Patent for a mailing cabinet which can be adapted to vehicles or to the floor for assorting mail. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Baking Pan. (open access)

Cake-Baking Pan.

Patent for a device "which will afford the means to bake form-cakes of different varieties in a perfect manner in the oven," (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1891
Creator: McDaniel, Mary E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History