Resource Type

Railway Gate. (open access)

Railway Gate.

Patent for "improvement in gates and has particular reference to a railway gate employed as a cattle guard" (lines 12-14)
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Norman, Cornelius A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for a simplified and improved peanut-harvesting machine. With this machine, "peanut vines may be dug from the ground, and thoroughly shaken and agitated so as to separate dirt and sand from the vines and nuts, the vines and nuts being bunched and deposited on the ground in piles or heaps for subsequent gathering," (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Meador, Lenerd E.
System: The Portal to Texas History