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Automobile Seal-Holder. (open access)

Automobile Seal-Holder.

Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Blair, Stuart Baggs
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter. (open access)

Corn-Planter.

Patent for a cotton or corn planter with detachable parts.
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Yarborough, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Boggy State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Fort Boggy State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Fort Boggy State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment. (open access)

Hame Attachment.

Patent for a hame attachment, used in the collar of a draft horse, that is simple in construction and operation and can be produced for little cost. The attachment would prevent wear of lines and keep them in place at the same time.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Bilderback, Eddy R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.

Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date: August 7, 1878
Creator: Barrow, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Private Care Centers] (open access)

[News Script: Private Care Centers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Louisiana officials saying that 54 children have been removed from three private care centers in Texas because the institutions are overcrowded.
Date: August 15, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pinless Clothes-Line. (open access)

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Patent for an inexpensive and easy to store clothesline that doesn't use clips, which are damaging to clothes.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Kennedy, William Cambellos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line. (open access)

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Patent for "a simple device constructed of connected links and provided with means for engaging articles to be suspended therefrom, such means being so constructed as to prevent displacement when subjected to severe strains." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Cooper, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Lighting Lamp Burner (open access)

Self Lighting Lamp Burner

Patent for the invention of Self-Lighting Lamp Burners. Steps for creation and use of this item are spelled out with references to the illistration.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: White, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram From B. D. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August, 21, 1912] (open access)

[Telegram From B. D. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August, 21, 1912]

Telegram From B. D. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan offering assistance after Mr. Bryan's accident
Date: August 21, 1912
Creator: Bryan, Banard Dashiell
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from L. T. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 19, 1912] (open access)

[Telegram from L. T. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 19, 1912]

Telegram from L. T. Dashiell to Mrs. W. J. Bryan asking to remain updated on Mr. Bryan's accident.
Date: August 19, 1912
Creator: Dashiell, L. T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History