The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1886 (open access)

The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 10, 1886
Creator: Cox & Lewis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buckle and Trace or Breeching Loop (open access)

Combined Buckle and Trace or Breeching Loop

Patent for a "device whereby, in a harness, the back-band and belly-band may readily be connected to a trace-buckle, or a breeching-loop or 'trace-square'" (lines 10-13) without sewing the buckle into other harness pieces.
Date: August 10, 1886
Creator: Kay, William V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design is "to provide a device to be applied upon the rump of the animal for the purpose of attachment of the back-strap, the trace-bearers or breeching-straps, and the crupper-strap without sewing. [The] device comprises, essentially, a frame carrying a buckle for the attachment of the back-strap and one for the attachment of the crupper, and a loop for retaining the trace or breeching carrying straps or hip-straps" (lines 9-18).
Date: August 10, 1886
Creator: Kay, William V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History