Resource Type

Cotton-Packer (open access)

Cotton-Packer

Patent for a new cotton-packer design involving a drum, pulleys, rope, and springs, with illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1887
Creator: Thompson, Robert K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support (open access)

Tongue-Support

Patent for "an improved tongue-support adapted to be applied to any ordinary vehicle, and combining simplicity and cheapness of manufacture with strength and effectiveness" (lines 8-12).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: CanterBury, Crawford R.
System: The Portal to Texas History