Resource Type

Cigar-Cutter and Match-Safe. (open access)

Cigar-Cutter and Match-Safe.

Patent for a match-safe and cigar-cutter “receptacle for holding matches from which only one match can be taken at one time and to means for shifting the matches and at the same time cutting a cigar-tip.” (Lines 7-11) Illustration is included.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Taylor, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing (open access)

Railway-Crossing

Patent for a railway crossing which will not sink in mud and will not be as loud as previously.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Cooper, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History