Cradle. (open access)

Cradle.

Patent for a new and improved cradle. This design "has for its object to provide a hanging cradle suspended from its [frame] . . . being arranged in such a manner whereby the cradle is capable of being moved . . . in an easy, uniform, and steady motion without the danger of tilting over" (lines 8-16). It consists in "[a] swinging cradle comprising the folding end bars, the cross-bar having a depressed portion and end projections forming the pivotal axes for the bars, the catches pivoted to the end bars and adapted to engage the depressed part of the bar . . . and the spring-suspensions" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 5, 1892
Creator: Meek, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 5, 1892 (open access)

The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 5, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 5, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History