Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire stretcher "which may readily be employed for stretching wires to a post for stapling, for stretching or drawing the ends of wires together for tying and for drawing out or removing staples from a post" (lines 12-16).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Palmer, Joshua C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Iron. (open access)

Shaft-Iron.

Patent for a new and useful shaft iron, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Boynton, Willie Amos
System: The Portal to Texas History