Resource Type

Month

Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Moore, Sargant Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game. (open access)

Game.

Patent for a four-player checker game and a hinged gameboard to play it on which provides storage for the checkers when folded.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Mason, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History