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Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.

Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1873
Creator: Stone, Heber
System: The Portal to Texas History