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[Portrait of Young Grant Byus #1]
Photograph of a young boy wearing a light-colored sailor suit with a dark-colored tie and dark leggings, seated in front of a patterned curtain. The portrait is in a folder with the text "Story's Best" printed on the cover.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Young Grant Byus #2]
Photograph of a young boy wearing a light-colored sailor suit with a dark-colored tie and dark leggings, seated in front of a patterned curtain. The name "Grant Byus" is handwritten at the bottom of the photo and the portrait is in a folder with the text "Story's Best" printed on the cover.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Registered Return Receipt]
Postcard serving as a receipt notifying J. S. Chambers that his registered mail had been received at Dow, Jones & Co.
Date:
1935~
Creator:
United States. Postal Service.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Davis Home Sent to James Chambers]
Postcard of a large, multi-story home and yard with an oval portrait at right, labeled, "John W. Davis and his Residence. Clarksburg, WVa." Correspondence on the back is addressed to James S. Chambers in Waco, from "Mother" and postmarked September 192[4?].
Date:
192X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Interior of Old St. John's Church]
Postcard with an illustration of part of the sanctuary and front of St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, with printed text on the back regarding a convention held in the church during 1775. The card is postmarked 1924 and addressed to "Mrs. James Chambers" in Waco and "Mother," is written in the text area without any other correspondence.
Date:
1924~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the National Episcopal Cathedral]
Postcard with an illustration of the outside of the northeast end of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., labeled "The National Cathedral of S. S. Peter and Paul at Night" with printed text on the back about its history. The card has a handwritten message on the back addressed to James S. Chambers in Waco and postmarked September 1924.
Date:
September 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Promotional 1899 Calendar]
Promotional calendar for the year 1899 advertising the services of patent lawyers Rhesa G. DuBois and Vernon E. Hodges in Washington D.C. Each month is printed on a separate sheet, designed to be torn off one at a time. A letter from the lawyers is written on the back of the card.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
Rhesa G. DuBois & Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt: 1874 Poll Tax for Cocke County, Tennessee]
Receipt issued to John Click for state, county, school, poll, and dog taxes in district 9 of Cocke County, Tennessee, totaling $7.25 for 1874.
Date:
1874
Creator:
Cocke County (Tenn.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt: 1877 Poll Tax for Cocke County, Tennessee]
Receipt issued to John Click for state, county, school, poll, and dog taxes in district 9 of Cocke County, Tennessee, totaling $4.20 for 1877.
Date:
September 30, 1878
Creator:
Cocke County (Tenn.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $31.20]
Receipt with handwritten text: "Received of J.J. Click, Thirty One 20/ Dollars. In full of a/c. Morgan & Son."
Date:
April 21, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
References to Actual Clients in the State of Texas
Advertisement for patent lawyers (C. A. Snow & Co.) listing Texas clients for whom they have "obtained patents, filed caveats, registered trade-marks, secured copyrights, or done other [patent[ work" organized alphabetically by city.
Date:
1894~
Creator:
C. A. Snow & Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figure 1]
Framed patent illustration of a spring-based motor attached to the body of a bicycle with numbers labeling individual components of the invention.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]
Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 5 and 6]
Two figure illustrations of partial constructions for a reversible spring-motor patents, with numbered labels to reference each component piece.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rules of Practice of the United States Patent Office
Booklet outlining the rules related to the grant of U.S. patents for inventions, including explanations of the relevant regulations and forms. This edition includes the text published in 1892, with preceding text for updates and revisions through October 1895. There are a number of handwritten notes and markings in this copy. Index starts on page 95.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
United States. Patent Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketch of Machine]
Unlabeled sketch of a round chamber with feet and pipes running into the top. It has colored shading and there are arrows showing the flow direction in the pipes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketches for Patent Illustrations]
Sketches of technical drawings to illustrate a patent; the first page is labeled "Part of -- John Jones Click's invention" with images labeled "Fig. 1" and "Fig.2." The last page includes notes about the dimensions and various measurements.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stanley Family Portrait]
Photograph of the Stanley family posing in front of a decorative backdrop. The mother is seated at left, holding an infant in a voluminous light-colored dress; the father is seated at right, wearing a dark-colored suit; a young boy is seated between his parents and an older brother is standing behind him. Handwritten on back: "Mr & Mrs Stanley & Family. Ft Worth, Tex. (Aunt Lena)."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement About Heart, Mind, Soul, and Will]
Handwritten statement discussing heart, mouth, mind, will, and soul. The top half and back of the page appear to have been used as scratch paper for mathematical equations and calculations.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement Regarding Evil Passions]
Sheet of lined notebook paper with a handwritten statement: "Strange to say, and curious to note that since you have taken up your abode in pandemonium and became infested with those evil spirits that you are content to pander to their council to procure the satisfaction of your own lust or evil passions."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Steadman Family Portrait]
Photograph of a family posed together in a garden (or a studio area made to look like a garden). The parents are both wearing dark-colored clothing and seated in wooden chairs; three young adults are standing behind them including a young man (at left) wearing a three-piece suit and bowtie, and two women wearing light-colored dresses. Handwritten notes around the photo identify the woman at the far right as "Mrs. Welch" and at the bottom of the image, "Mr. & Mrs. Steadman, Family."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Teen Couple in Formalwear]
Photograph of a teenage couple posing side-by-side in what appears to be a dining room, including part of a table at right and a china cabinet behind them. The young man is wearing a suit that includes dark slacks and a white jacket with a black-and-white bowtie and a red carnation boutonniere; one of his right fingers is splinted. The young woman at right is wearing a white or light-colored sleeveless, calf-length gown decorated with lace and has a spray of red flowers pinned to her left shoulder; she is holding a rectangular box in front of her.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cathey's
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History