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Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an improved pipe wrench that has "a pair of fixed but reversible jaws, attached to the shank of the wrench on each side thereof, and a movable, hooked jaw pivoted between the heels of the fixed jaws" (lines 15-18).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Smith, Jay & Gage, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knight Stith, Attorney at Law (open access)

Knight Stith, Attorney at Law

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name with text reading: "Real Estate"; "Llano Iron Lands, Llano Mineral Lands" in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Reverse of letter contains large map.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floyd L. Hargon, County Surveyor, Llano Co. (open access)

Floyd L. Hargon, County Surveyor, Llano Co.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "Real Estate Agent and Civil Engineer."
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
J. T. Simpson, P. M., Dealer in General Merchandise (open access)

J. T. Simpson, P. M., Dealer in General Merchandise

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes large illustration of store interior and business name in lithographic print by Morrill Bros. Printers Fulton, N. Y.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for a pipe clamp for drawing well casings out of wells that can be used on different size pipes and grips harder as resistance increases.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Benedict, George Spencer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Brace (open access)

Furniture Brace

This is a patent for a furniture brace. Illustration included.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Nall, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car. (open access)

Dumping-Car.

Patent for a dumping car in "which contents of the car may be readily discharged" (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: December 3, 1889
Creator: Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and rolling fender to be attached to a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Underwood, Elvy T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. B. Love, February 4, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. B. Love, February 4, 1953]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to J. B. Love informing that they sold the property but did not get any mineral rights.
Date: February 4, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Railroad Spike. (open access)

Design for Railroad Spike.

Design patent for a barbed railroad spike.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Banks, Henry N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Water-Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Water-Pipes

Patent for attachment for water pipes to prevent bursting of water pipes due to freezing of water while it passes through the pipes.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Finlay, John K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a "perforated dasher and a hollow or tubular dasher-shaft, through which the air passes into the churn-cylinder during the process of churning" (lines 14-17). The churn has a foot-rest and a false-bottom, and is meant to improve on simple and inexpensive churns.
Date: September 22, 1896
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved car-coupling that features "a solid block at the back part of the draw-head, which when coupling the cars will come far enough back to hit the solid part in the draw-head and prevent the bent spring from breaking." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Schneider, Adolph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top (open access)

Buggy-Top

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in buggy tops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1900
Creator: Hughes, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History