Well-Bucket. (open access)

Well-Bucket.

Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improvement to washing machines in which clothes are cleansed with the aid of a plunger apparatus propelling soapy water through them.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Terry, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History