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Device for Catching Insects

Description: Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date: February 4, 1915
Creator: Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
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Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.

Description: Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kasmeier, John
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Beeville 1914 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 6

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 3

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 4

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 5

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville 1914 Sheet 7

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Beeville in Bee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1914
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Beeville Main Street 1914

Description: View of Washington Street in 1914 looking north. The red brick three stories building on the left was the first “skyscraper” for Beeville. It was the Grand Opera House, built by A.F. Rees and E.J. Kinkler at the corner of Washington and Bowie Streets in 1907, and opened in 1908. Many Broadway stage plays, musical comedies, and light operas were presented in the opera house. The building was destroyed by fire in 1919. The building to the left of the Grand Opera House was Beeville’s first ba… more
Date: September 29, 1914
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Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Beeville Post Office

Description: In 1857, Michael Seeligson was the first postmaster at Beeville-on the Medio (originally Medio Hill in Goliad County), five miles northeast of the present town of Beeville. In the new county seat after 1889, the Beeville Post Office was moved several times. Opened on June 5, 1918, the present neoclassical building was built under Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, with Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. During construction, on May 7, 1917, contractor Robert B. Brown shot and k… more
Date: 1918
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Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

First National Bank of Beeville

Description: A 1913 postcard with an image of a two-story, brick building labeled "First National Bank Building, Beeville, Texas." The postcard was sent from Beeville January 24, 1913 and addressed to Mr. & Mrs. W. M. Billingsly in Mineral, Texas. Part of the postcard is damaged, but the text reads "...certainly did...ourselves while w...all day think I will fo...my good time any ways...You must come and see us when you come...With Love from R[..]erta & Lonnie"
Date: January 24, 1913
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Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Insect-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for "an improved insect destroyer" ... "embodying a fuel supply and a burner for the purpose of destroying insects brushed from plants beside which the device is traveling" (lines 9, 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Garner, William W. & Rush, Owen T.
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Stalk Cutter.

Description: Patent for a new stalk cutter that cuts up stalks, stems of weeds and vines to prepare the field for cultivation. This stalk cutter provides rocking or oscillatory movement regulation to avoid rocks or other obstructions.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a riding plow that can be operated by a person rather than a horse or motor. The plow includes means to form straight furrows and stops vines and bushes from getting stuck between the wheels and frame.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
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Syrup Percolator.

Description: Patent for a percolator that makes syrup from sugar, or can turn any granular, or leaf substance into liquid, that involves an air tube to allow air to escape from syrup during the process. Includes illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Elledge, William, N.
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Hog-Crate

Description: Patent for a crate for use in shipping live pigs which allows for the free movement of the animal's legs while maintaining separation from other animals for identification purposes, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Hirst, John A. & Hirst, Samuel L.
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Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks.

Description: Patent for a raised sill for express and baggage trucks which adds width to the body of the truck and raises the sides of the truck, increasing safety, strength, and efficiency. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Engle, George Madison
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