Resource Type

Burial Apparatus (open access)

Burial Apparatus

Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Spear, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tile Roofing or Covering. (open access)

Tile Roofing or Covering.

Patent for tile roofing and siding, which does not leak and is easily installed.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Walker, Isham P.
System: The Portal to Texas History