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Clinical Thermometer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved thermometer. This design has "[u]pon the body of the instrument a scale, preferably equivalent to the centigrade . . . in which the zero-sign is placed at the normal temperature of the body, each degree being divided into five or ten parts according to the size of the instrument and reading supernormal and subnormal degrees" (lines 20-26).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Hunstock, Robert H. & Chávez, Emigdio
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

City of San Antonio, Texas, 1889.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century San Antonio, Texas street names, railroads, parks, public institutions, and cemeteries; lot numbers, districts; bullseye circles at half-mile increments. Scale [ca. 1:15,840].
Date: 1889
Creator: J. J. Olsen & Son
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[San Pedro Springs, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of San Pedro Springs near San Antonio, Texas. An individual is on a boat in the foreground and a large crowd is gathered on the bridge in the distance. A few people stand on the banks of the river.The back of the photograph contains a printed history of the missions of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, Texas. Several shops are visible in the street to its right. A hrose adn carriage is parked in front of one of the shops. The plaza in front of the buildings is muddy. The back of the photograph has a detailed history of the building and its predating missions printed on it. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.424167 -98.493600
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Our Mexican Citizens, Aristocratic Mansion

Description: Photograph of a small stone house. The roof of the house is tiled with scattered stones. A note at the bottom of the image says, "303. Our Mexican Citizens. Aristocratic Mansion." A brief history of San Antonio is printed on the back of the photograph. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

U.S. Arsenal

Description: Photograph of the U.S. Arsenal in San Antonio, Texas. The two-story building is partially obscured by trees and is surrounded by a lawn and white fence. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Hardesty, F.
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. The rectangular field's perimeter is lined with trees. Cannons are visible at the base of the flagpole in the center of the image. A tower is in the background and other buildings are at the right. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.444066 -98.468600
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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