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Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing Device (open access)

Automatic Computing Device

Patent for an automatic computing device that can calculate the price of goods and be used to take inventory of stock.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Miracle, Meredith W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms (open access)

Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms

Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Standefer, Henry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Halstead, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1912 (open access)

Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 19, 1912
Creator: Risien, John T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912 (open access)

Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 2, 1912
Creator: Risien, John T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Child's dress

A) Infant's dress of white batiste cotton. Yoke has rounded neckline with tatted lace and floral embroidered inserts. Short puffed sleeves are trimmed in tatted lace. Skirt has insert of floral embroidered batiste between two rows of tatted lace; pin tucking above inserts and at ruffled hemline trimmed with tatted lace. Center back opening with snap closure; snaps missing. Unlined. B) Slip of white batiste cotton. Sleeveless with wide rounded neckline; bordered in tatted lace. Bodice embroidered in floral pattern with embroidered bow at the center. Gathered waist. Skirt with tucks and insert of tatted lace and tatted lace at hem. Center back closure of four mother-of-pearl buttons and button at each shoulder (buttons at shoulders missing).
Date: 1912
Creator: Rowland, Carrie M.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combined Heater and Radiator (open access)

Combined Heater and Radiator

Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Wheeler, Mary J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Feeder. (open access)

Cotton-Feeder.

Patent for cotton feeders to facilitate the replacement of feed rollers without damage to the cotton feeder and be disposed of efficiently, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller

Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counting Attachment for Type-Writers (open access)

Counting Attachment for Type-Writers

Patent for a counting attachment for type writers that provides signals when various word counts are reached.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Pass-Books (open access)

Cover for Pass-Books

Patent for a cover for a passbook with a transparent cover to view the book.
Date: July 29, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus Page
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing (open access)

Crank-Rod Bearing

Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for a cultivator hopple for adjusting the beams of a cultivator.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Smith, Fletcher
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Holding Trolley-Poles on Wires. (open access)

Device for Holding Trolley-Poles on Wires.

Patent for a device for holding trolley poles on wires.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Van Cleave, William F. & Woodall, Anderson T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device (open access)

Educational Device

Patent for a combined folding desk, blackboard, scroll, and map cabinet to be used for educational purposes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrostatic Separator. (open access)

Electrostatic Separator.

Patent for an electrostatic separator for various particles.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet Unit (open access)

Filing-Cabinet Unit

Patent for a filing cabinet unit. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bookcase (open access)

Folding Bookcase

Patent for a folding bookcase that can be manufactured with any number of shelves.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Appliance. (open access)

Furniture Appliance.

Patent for a piece of furniture that contains a retractable length of carpet material, intended for use in shoe stores to allow trial of the products without causing damage to the soles. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Tudor, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw. (open access)

Gin-Saw.

Patent for a saw toothed drums or cylinders (such as used for gins that denude cotton seeds).
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Garner, James C. & Reynolds, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History