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Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.

Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter.

Patent for a "combined fire and burglar proof shutter and awning" (line 5-6).
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History