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Case for Eyeglasses.
Patent for a new and improved glasses case. This design "consists of a case for eyeglasses provided at the back with a pin or other device, for attaching the same to the vest or coat, said case being provided at the upper end with a retaining device that prevents the dropping of the eyeglasses from the case" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Hawkes, Albert K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 16, 1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Vorwärts. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1884
Weekly German-language newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 16, 1884
Creator:
Schütze, Julius
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for new and improved suspenders. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive article of this character which will avoid the objections to the present form of suspenders" (lines 10-13). More specifically, it "consists in providing a suspender which will be attached on each side by a button or stud to the shirt near the apex of the shoulder, close to the collar-band, then bringing the ends together under the arms, and then about half-way between the arms and the top of the pantaloons, uniting the ends in a buckle of any suitable design" (lines 36-41).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Stuart, John Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History