[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figure 1]

Framed patent illustration of a spring-based motor attached to the body of a bicycle with numbers labeling individual components of the invention.
Date: 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]

Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date: 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form Designating Sales Agents for the Great Diamond Quilter] (open access)

[Form Designating Sales Agents for the Great Diamond Quilter]

Form document outlining the terms of an arrangement for Washington B. Click to authorize someone to become a sales agent for the "Great Diamond Quilter," an invention patented (596,616) by W. B. & Isaac A. Click. The document includes blank lines to fill in information about the seller and locations where the agent can make sales. Above the text, there is an illustration of a man seated at a large quilting machine, being watched by a woman on either side and a man in the background.
Date: 1896/1899~
Creator: Click, Washington B.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to C. A. Snow Attorneys - March 1896] (open access)

[Letter to C. A. Snow Attorneys - March 1896]

Letter written to patent attorneys C. A. Snow & Co. inquiring about a patent application for an invention using winding springs to store energy. It asks for the opinion of the attorneys regarding a possible title for the invention and other details about the process.
Date: March 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for J.J. and H. F. Click: 1896-1919] (open access)

[Financial Ledger for J.J. and H. F. Click: 1896-1919]

Accounting ledger documenting debts between J. H. Major and J. J. Click in 1896 and records for H. F. Click for "work in shop at 408 Akard St. Dallas, Texas in 1919." Most of the pages are blank.
Date: 1896/1919
Creator: Click, John Jones & Click, H. F.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 5 and 6]

Two figure illustrations of partial constructions for a reversible spring-motor patents, with numbered labels to reference each component piece.
Date: 1896
Creator: Click, John J.
Object Type: Technical Drawing
System: The Portal to Texas History