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Improvement in Door-Securers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1879
Creator: Hine, Miller J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[T&P Shops in Marshall, Texas]

Description: 2 photographs of the T&P shops in Marshall, Texas. There is a train car pulled up beside the building. Written next to the top photo is "Shows architecture of building to good advantage." Below the bottom photo are written "T&P Shops at Marshall, Texas 1870-1880's with 'Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car' parked beside shop" and "Harrison County Historical Museum."
Date: 1870/1889
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Marble Falls]

Description: Photograph of the town of Marble Falls. Dirt roads criss-cross into the town. There are two circles of buildings in the distance, with people and horses standing in the dirt roads. A handwritten note on the back says, "Marble Falls, Texas 1879, Bank Saloon, Granite [Mountain?]"
Date: 1879
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Views of the Texas & Pacific General Office]

Description: Four photographs showing various views of the Texas & Pacific Railway buildings in Marshall, Texas. Two images at the top show a wide view of railroad tracks in front of three buildings: a tall, two-story building with wrap-around porches to the left; a smaller, one-story building in the center; and a long building with a covered loading bay where several train cars are parked. The lower images show a close-up view of the first two buildings (left) and of the third building (right). Text at … more
Date: [1873..1884]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Front exterior of Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of Texas Governor's Mansion front and south elevation, unpainted brick, with fence and grounds. The upper balcony is not connected to the columns. Built by Abner Cook in 1855 and continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1870 is Governor Edmund J. Davis. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a National historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1870
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Governor's Mansion view from the old Capitol building]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion from the site of the old Capitol building looking at the West and north elevations of the Governor's Manstion, grounds, street, barn and picket fence. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1874 was Governor Richard Coke. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1874
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Unidentified photocopied images]

Description: Document of three unidentifiable photocopied images on a page. The images are gray and faint but have a vague structure of buildings and machines. However, it is difficult to fully decipher the images due to their indeterminate shape.
Date: [1877..1939]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dew House]

Description: Photograph of the Dew House after being remodeled. The house is white with several large windows in the front as well as a walkway leading up to the front of the house lined with bushes.
Date: 1870~/1976~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend History Association

[301 S. Magnolia - Bowers Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the north and east sides of the "Bowers Mansion" located at 301 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story house that has Victorian Italiante-style architectural elements (including a small cupola with bracketed eaves and narrow, paired windows), and a two-tiered porch with Queen Anne-style turned- and jigsawn- wood trim. This photo was taken from the corner of south Magnolia and west Bowers streets.
Date: [1878..1955]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.760084 -95.632542
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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