Resource Type

Month

Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Hyland, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holdback for Vehicle-Thills. (open access)

Holdback for Vehicle-Thills.

Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" (lines 12-13) thill. A portion of the harness usually required is not necessary with this thill, and the horse cannot kick an occupant of the vehicle.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Mays, Livingston M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overalls (open access)

Overalls

Patent for overalls. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Melasky, Seth A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement. (open access)

Agricultural Implement.

Patent for "agricultural implements to be used for tilling the soil and planting, either separately or at one and the same operation, and has for its object to reduce the expense incurred by the general practice of first preparing the land for planting and subsequently sowing the seed. By this inventions the land can simultaneously prepared and the grain deposited therein." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Dycus, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History