Screen for Vehicles (open access)

Screen for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in screens meant to prevent passengers from having to look at horses' hind ends in carriages. It is a rectangle of cloth laced in a frame, which is attached to the thills.
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Fleming, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Gathering Machine (open access)

Insect Gathering Machine

Patent for a insect gathering machine. Illustration included.
Date: May 16, 1905
Creator: Stiles, Alfred Closure
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Broom and Cloth Hanger. (open access)

Combined Broom and Cloth Hanger.

Patent for a combined broom and cloth hanger, which allows a broom to be quickly engaged and supported at any desired elevation above the user's floor. It can also be folded against the wall when the broom is not in use, "...whereby the ordinary broom cover...can be conveniently clamped and held securely in position between the lower end of the bracket and against the support by passing the broom cover over and through the rods when the hanger is in a receiving position" (lines 24-30).
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Ussery, Walter R. & Cook, Enoch J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1837, Chapter 134 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1837, Chapter 134

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 67 in Titus County as the Titus County World War II Veterans Memorial Highway.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1838, Chapter 135 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1838, Chapter 135

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 271 in Titus County as the Titus County Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway.
Date: May 23, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History