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Harris County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Harris County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:266,666] (4000 varas to 1/2 an inch).
Date: 1910
Creator: Pressler, Herman & Ehlinger, Leo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Axtell Railroad Station]

Description: Postcard sent to Miss Loudie George in Houston, Texas. The image on the front features a photograph of the Axtell Railroad Station on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas with three women and a man standing outside the entrance. Buildings are visible in the background. A note written on the back is dated November 2, 1910 and says "I arrived home Tuesday morning and made an auto trip to [...] via Moody got home at 10 last night will be in Waco again tomorrow May get to see you in Waco or… more
Date: November 12, 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[General Colquitt's staff at the Houston carnival in 1914]

Description: Nine army officers in full dress uniform, Governor Oscar Branch Colquitt in long coat and top hat, and a gentleman in a costume composed of a crown, a pastel dress with lace, a shawl, white stockings and slippers stand as a group near the end of a wooden pier or boat slip. Two gentlemen wearing naval caps are at the back of the group. From left to right in the first row is Col. Hugh B. Moore, then Governor Colquitt, then the man in the costume, then another army officer. The man in costume ha… more
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

Roller Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for a boring-drill that can be manufactured cheaply. It provides sufficient space for the casing to follow it in order to prevent the walls from caving in. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Hughes, Howard Robard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Picket-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for a picket fence machine for a fence that can be built of wire where normal fence pickets are woven and spaced an equal distance apart, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Purdy, John S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel Buffer

Description: Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date: February 25, 1915
Creator: Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Martin F. Kettler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Levee.

Description: Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Beazley, John Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boiler Attachment

Description: Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Priester, Joel Ellis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Butler, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Closure for Refrigerators and the Like

Description: Patent is to "provide a simple and efficient construction of doors or lids for refrigerators, refrigerator cars, ice boxes, fireless cookers, telephone booths and the like, and as fire doors for storage houses, and wherever it is necessary or desirable to provide for facility of movement in opening or shrinking, due to head or cold, dampness or dryness, or other climatic or atmospheric or similar changes or conditions, while insuring an air tight, smoke, fire and bug proof, and heat insulating … more
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Seifert, John W. of Houston, TX
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Postcard from Ellen to Miss Harthausen, October 7, 1910]

Description: Postcard from Ellen to Miss Harthausen, promising to write a letter when she has time. The front of the postcard features an illustration of three buildings lining a street - one two-story building and two one-story buildings. The building on the far right has a sign for a bakery. Two automobiles and a small buggy are parked along the street.
Date: October 7, 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Houston Ship Channel]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of the Houston Ship Channel: Two large and one small boat are in view. Large boat at left carried a load of lumber. Large carts on dock at right suggest more oversize cargo will be unloaded. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "In 1914, Houston got its feet wet. Even though it was 50 miles inland, the city became a seaport. An eventually an international port-of-call. Gateway to Latin Americ… more
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 367.
Date: 1919
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Train with three men]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of a train with three men sitting on front of engine, one in at the controls, and two standing at left. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "Houston had become an important railhead by 1920. Gandy dancers laid the track that carried the trains that helped turn Houston into a major transportation center. Photograph from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from ca. 1… more
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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