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Port Lavaca West Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1995
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 28.56 -96.69
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.
Date: November 15, 1859
Creator: Singer, E. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock which includes "certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-13) as well as illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 21, 1897
Creator: Peterson, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate that is "a structure hanging and sliding by means of rollers on an inclined cross-bar, and so connected by ropes and pulleys to stationary posts that a person approaching it on horseback or in a vehicle may easily open the gate (without dismounting) by pulling the rope, and on releasing the rope the gate will close automatically" (lines 12-19); illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Smith, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Receipt for 18 francs, 15 cents paid to Jacques Scherrer for supplies, January 22, 1844]

Description: Receipt for 18 francs, 15 cents paid to Jacques Scherrer for supplies, to be repaid as soon as possible either in cash or goods. Signed Jacques Scherrer on January 22, 1844 in Port la Vacca. "Received from Mr. Louis Huth, on behalf of Mister H[enr]i Castro in Paris."
Date: January 22, 1844
Creator: Scherrer, Jacques
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Port Lavaca West Quadrangle

Description: Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 28.56 -96.69
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Gene Gutierrez - 1952-01-30]

Description: Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Gene Gutierrez, R.T., Medical Department, Aluminum Company of America in Port Lavaca, Texas, dated January 30, 1952. The letter discusses details of the installation for the Palacios LULAC Council on February 3, 1952.
Date: January 30, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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