Resource Type

Collar-Support. (open access)

Collar-Support.

Patent for improvements to collar supports "...to provide a supporter which may be readily pinned to the collar and which is therefore easily detached therefrom when desired" (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Towler, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for an insect trap that entraps and kills insects that infest live plants or trees. This trap has a lantern to attract insects; the lantern is mounded in a pan that can be filled with liquid that injures and kills the insects.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Cook, Katherine B.
System: The Portal to Texas History