The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1886 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1886

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 31, 1886
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos. (open access)

Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos.

Patent for a new and improved lamp shelf for pianos. This design "consists in an arm pivoted to the back of a music-rack and carrying a lamp-shelf, the arm being arranged to swing outward into a horizontal position, and the shelf being connected with the end of the arm by a pivotal connection, which permits of turning it outward and downward into a horizontal position in front of the plane of the music-rack" (lines 22-30).
Date: August 31, 1886
Creator: Prause, Reinhard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History