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[Woman and two little boys.]

Description: Photograph of woman and two little boys, identified on back as Mrs. B.A. Hinson, Walter and Gus Hinson. Mrs. Hinson is wearing a dark, solid colored Victorian dress with pleats extending from the neckline to the waist line. She is wearing a leaf shaped brooch at her neck. The boys are both dressed in jackets and knickers, White shirts with round collars(child on left has round, ruffled collar), cravat ties. Both are holding hats. Image is mounted on a white card identifying the photographe… more
Date: 1885
Creator: Guy and Cooke
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Houston 1885 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 4

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 3

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 12

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 7

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 10

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 11

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 5

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 6

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 15

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 8

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 13

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 14

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Houston 1885 Sheet 9

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Houston in Harris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Lee College Tennis Team 1985-86]

Description: Group portrait of the Lee College 1985-86 tennis team posing in two lines in front of a brick wall. Kneeling in front (left to right): Irene Lievana, Bekie Collins, Ron Borza, Mike Lofton; standing in back (left to right): Eric Enderle, Saleh M. Abubaker, David Neese, Bob Sudberry, Alfonso Escalera.
Date: [1885..1986]
Partner: Lee College

Manufacture of Soap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved soap-making process. This process "consist[s] in applying hydraulic pressure to the mass undergoing mixture and steam-heating . . . [and] thoroughly mixing the ingredients . . . in a close vessel by means of rotary blades, heating the same by steam, and at the same time applying pressure by means of a hydraulic pump to the said mixture" (lines 86-95).
Date: December 15, 1885
Creator: Grant, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soap Manufacturing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved soap maker. This design consists in "[t]he charger, having outline-pipe, in combination with [the] compressor having within the same a steam-heated coil and a rotary mixer, a hydraulic pump connected to said compressor, pressure-gage, and safety-valve" (lines 24-29).
Date: December 15, 1885
Creator: Grant, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "[i]n a washing machine, the combination, with the trough, of the casing secured to one end thereof, the rotating steam-chamber, and the shaft provided with the diaphragm and arranged to take steam in one end, deliver the same through the openings to the steam-chamber, and exhaust through the boxing and opening on the outer side of the diaphragm" (lines 39-47).
Date: November 17, 1885
Creator: Kone, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mosquito Net Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mosquito net frame. This design consists in "[t]he combination of two side posts having pivots, the horizontal arms working on said pivots, the bar connecting the tops of said posts, and the extensible bar connecting the arm ends, the whole adapted to be used on a bedstead" (lines 70-75).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Watson, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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