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Palestine 1891 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Palestine in Anderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Palestine 1896 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Palestine in Anderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Map of Anderson County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Anderson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1895
Creator: Schutze, E. & Walker, Addison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Seal-Press

Description: Patent for "invented a new and useful Seal-Press" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Douthit, Albert Gilbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Stock-Guard.

Description: Patent for "a guard which will effectually prevent cattle from entering adjoining fields to which ingress is afforded by means of a railroad traversing them and to provide means for preventing the guards being injured by trains passing over the road," (lines 11-16) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1892
Creator: Bridges, William J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoe.

Description: Patent for improvements in hoes, the inventor designed the handle of the hoe to carry two shanks; the shanks diverging form the handle and bent to be parallel with each other. A connecting-rod at the end of two shanks is being threaded and provided with locking-nuts, which used to secure the hoe blades. The hoe blades can be adjusted laterally. Illustration is included.
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Brown, Henry M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Seat.

Description: Patent for improvements to the "Scarritt-Forney" seat so that the seat body and frame are detachable from each other. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1897
Creator: Meier, Hermann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Palestine Calender Club - 1896]

Description: Photograph of the Palestine Calender Club Calender, which was printed in 1896. The calender has photos of the following people, who were prominent businessmen in Palestine at the time: January - Frank Hufsmith February - Henry Ash March - A. Teah April - W.J. Taylor May - D.J. Price June - J.W. Cuningham July - V.F. DuBose August - A.R. Howard September - N.R. Royall October - E.C. Manson November - W.M. Lacy December - Geo. A. Wright
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

State of Texas, Liberty County

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative designs with illustration of courthouse in lithographic print by Dorsey Ptg. Co. Dallas, Tex. Letterhead includes names H. O. Ager, Co. Clerk; W. L. Bingle, Dist. Clerk; W. A. Neyland, Co. Judge; M. A. DeBlanc, Sheriff & Tax Collector; H. Steusoff, Assessor; L. C. Chambers, Treasurer; J. D. Lum, Co. Attorney; J. N. Dark, Co. Surveyor; Commissioners Sim DeBlan… more
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[American Home Bakery]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posing outside the American Home Bakery, a two-story wooden building located at the corner of John and Oak streets in Palestine, Texas. There are two horse-drawn delivery wagons outside the building and the horses are being held by boys; several other people, most wearing aprons, are posed outside the entrance behind them.
Date: 1899~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762631 -95.633487
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[I&GN Train in Palestine]

Description: Photo of an International and Great Northern Train moving through Palestine. Note the Temple Opera House in the background. This photo was taken from the south side of the tracks looking toward the northeast.
Date: 1890~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Temple Opera House]

Description: Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
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