16 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.

Awning-Bracket.

Description: Patent for a rigid, strong, and adjustable to different inclinations awning-bracket meant to be permanently attached to a building. It can be folded for shipment or storage.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Soldering iron]

Description: Soldering iron with a copper plated head, four sided with a pyramid point, with an octagonal body of head. At the back of the head there is a long painted black iron neck that has been inserted into the head. The neck ends in a point. The wooden handle is removable and fits over the pointed end of the neck. It is a turned handle that split in half and been repaired with black electrical tape. There is also metal wire wrapped around the base of the handle where the split originated. Three … more
Date: 1895
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Soldering iron]

Description: Soldering iron with a wooden handle with a wire holding it together to keep it from cracking, which it has already begun to do. From the handle is a thin neck that ends with the head which is octagonal with copper covering a steel base.
Date: 1900
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Description: Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more
Date: 1875~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Clayton Walters Demonstrating Iron Branding with the Pleasanton Cowboy Homecoming Association]

Description: Photograph of Clayton Walters demonstrating iron branding with the Pleasanton Cowboy Homecoming Association at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing behind a pile of iron brands, and other people and bales of hay are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Decorative Iron Cornerpost for South Sycamore Street and Neches Street]

Description: Photograph of a decorative iron post located on the corner of the George Edward Dilley property (805 S. Sycamore) in Palestine Texas. The decorative metal fence on either side includes the names of the cross-streets: Sycamore St. on the left and Neches St. on the right.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Lattice.

Description: Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date: February 5, 1895
Creator: Hull, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Iron Saddle-Tree Forks

Description: Patent for an improvement in iron saddle-tree forks that are cheaper to construct as well as light and durable. Includes illustration and description.
Date: August 26, 1879
Creator: Wood, John McLane & Bellah, William Newton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen