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Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs. (open access)

Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs.

Patent for a new invention to more effectively clean bed springs, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Gambill, Mary I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Retainer (open access)

Necktie-Retainer

Patent for necktie retainers that can be slipped into turndown collars while retaining neckties or scarfs against pulling down or moving sidewise, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Yeager, Margaret Sanders
System: The Portal to Texas History