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Some of the most expensive are French and German 18th century examples, and the record auction price for a German box is £789,250 (about US$1.3 million), bid in 2003 at Christie's in London. Modern snuff boxes are made from a variety of woods, pewter and even plastic and are manufactured in surprising numbers due, largely, to snuff's ...
18th-century establishments in Spanish Texas (1690−1820) — located in northern colonial Mexico, within the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
18th century in Spanish Texas (1690−1820) — located in northern colonial Mexico, within the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th ...
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. 0–9. 1716 in Texas (1 C) 1718 in Texas (1 C ...
Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units were ...
A factory worker in Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant were built as part of the WWII buildup. Hundreds of thousands of American (and some allied) soldiers, sailors and airmen trained in the state. All sectors of the economy boomed as the homefront prospered.
The popular device best known today as a "music box" developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and were originally called carillons à musique (French for "chimes of music"). Some of the more complex boxes also contain a tiny drum and/or bells in addition to the metal comb.
Built by James Walker one of the "Old Three Hundred" whose sons John and James Jr. fought in the Texas Revolution. One of the oldest log cabins left standing in Texas. Magee-Love Log House: near Goodrich: 1828 Cartwright-McCrary House: west of Clodine: 1830 Home of Republic of Texas legislator Jesse H. Cartwright. Casa Ortiz: Laredo: 1830