Resource Type

Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences (open access)

Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences

Patent for a wire fence building and repair tool that includes "features of a wire stretcher, staple puller, hammer, and a crowbar" (lines 15-16) and can "secure together the two extremities of a broken fence wire so that the same may be tied or intertwisted." (lines 18-20)
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Bingham, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Holder (open access)

Pencil Holder

Patent for a pocket pencil holder. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Eldredge, Alva Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History