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[Dalhart elementary school students]

Photograph of a group of elementary school students posed on the steps of a brick building. Individuals are numbered on the image, corresponding to names on the verso.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet Harvestor (open access)

Beet Harvestor

Patent for improvements and additional features in the mechanical frame of beet harvesting equipment.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Hannum, Philip L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dalhart 1913 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1913
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dalhart 1913 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1913
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dalhart 1913 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1913
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dalhart 1913 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1913
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dalhart 1913 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1913
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a new type of animal trap with a rotating cylinder that projects the animal into the trap itself when depressed.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Webster, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel (open access)

Traction-Wheel

Patent for improved wheel system which provides traction over a variety of surfaces.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Shindler, Robert Conrad
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tail-End Light for Automobiles. (open access)

Tail-End Light for Automobiles.

Patent for a tail-end light for automobiles, subway and surface trains, and other motor propelled vehicles which changes color to indicate the speed at which the conveyance is traveling.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Green, John Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels. (open access)

Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels.

Patent for a sanitary cleaning and indicating device for drinking vessels, which shows which cups are clean or dirty.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Thornton, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Spike. (open access)

Railway-Spike.

Patent for a railroad spike, which locks itself in place.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: McKnight, Otey J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roll-Holder (open access)

Roll-Holder

Patent for roll holder for cotton rolls or bandages. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Griswold, John Lee Roy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for a flying machine with rotating feathered wings and propellers with an included emergency parachute like apparatus for landing the machine safely in case of malfunction.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Hardgrave, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for "improvements in pumps which move a long column of water with each stroke but discharge a relatively small quantity" (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Kangas, Frank Oskar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway-Tie (open access)

Metal Railway-Tie

Patent for a metal tie for railways. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: McAnarney, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draining Attachment for Sinks (open access)

Draining Attachment for Sinks

Patent for a draining attachment for sinks to facilitate draining water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Weaver, Mary A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat Arrangement for Automobiles. (open access)

Seat Arrangement for Automobiles.

Patent for the arrangement of the seats in a vehicle, allowing the adjustment of several upright seats into a single bed-like formation, "either for sleeping purposes or for ambulance purposes" (lines 16-17).
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Cornwell, William O., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Shade. (open access)

Headlight-Shade.

Patent for a headlight shade which can be pulled down to block the high beam headlights of a train or car when there is an oncoming train or car.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Green, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History