Label and Twine Cabinet. (open access)

Label and Twine Cabinet.

Patent for a label and twine cabinet which allows for quick removal of various kinds and quantities of labels, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Haynes, Thomas M. & Gunning, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe. (open access)

Hoe.

Patent for improvements in hoes, the inventor designed the handle of the hoe to carry two shanks; the shanks diverging form the handle and bent to be parallel with each other. A connecting-rod at the end of two shanks is being threaded and provided with locking-nuts, which used to secure the hoe blades. The hoe blades can be adjusted laterally. Illustration is included.
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Brown, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow. (open access)

Shovel-Plow.

Patent for the improvement of shovel plows "to so construct and arrange the several parts of the device that they may be easily and quickly adjusted to adapt the implement to different kinds of work," (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 9, 1890
Creator: Kersh, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History