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Elevated Drafting Rule (open access)

Elevated Drafting Rule

Patent for instrument used in drafting and ruling straight lines.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geometrical Instrument (open access)

Geometrical Instrument

Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tape-Measure. (open access)

Tape-Measure.

Patent for a tape measure with a claw on one end that the user can affix to a surface to hold one end of the measuring tape and aid in the measuring process.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiseptic Shaving Outfit. (open access)

Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.

Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Braunstein, Aron
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Brownsville, Texas]

Photographs of Brownsville, Texas. The top left photo is of the Brownsville Courthouse building with a man standing next to a fountain on the front sidewalk. The top right photo is of two men riding in a wagon pulled by a mule. The bottom left photo is of a train on tracks headed for Brownsville, with men standing around it. The bottom right photo is of a streetcar in front of city buildings in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: International Bridge, Brownsville, Texas]

Photographs of the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, which crosses the Rio Bravo between the United States and Mexico. The top photos are of the bridge as seen from a distance, with the left picture showing a side view and the right a view from the road before the bridge. The bottom photos are of military men standing on and near the bridge beside a wooden building.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Filling Tire (open access)

Self-Filling Tire

Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Fernandez, Jose
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Securing Device. (open access)

Handle-Securing Device.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Exterminating Insects. (open access)

Machine for Exterminating Insects.

Patent for a machine for exterminating insects on plants by sucking them off the plants and then dropping them into a fire chamber in the machine.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Hill, Leonidas C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation Device. (open access)

Irrigation Device.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Howard, Charles Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve. (open access)

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Huddleston, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Pin. (open access)

Hair-Pin.

Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Jacobsen, Herbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knife-Sharpener. (open access)

Knife-Sharpener.

Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant Setter (open access)

Plant Setter

Patent for plant setter. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Kleeberger, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Separator. (open access)

Oil-Separator.

Patent for the invention of a new oil separator with all its descriptions.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Latham, Reginald W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cameron County

Blue line print of survey map of Cameron County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (8000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1913
Creator: McDonald, H. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Porvenir (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 3009, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 12, 1917 (open access)

El Porvenir (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 3009, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 12, 1917

Semiweekly Spanish-language newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Preciado, Paulino S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map showing tracts of the San Benito Land & Water Co. and others situated in Cameron County, Tex., 1911.

Map shows early twentieth century land tracts, landowners, canals, roads, railroads, and layout of town of San Benito, Texas. Scale not given.
Date: 1911
Creator: San Benito Irrigated Farms Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownsville 1914 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownsville 1914 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownsville 1914 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownsville 1914 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownsville 1914 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History