North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1914-1916 (open access)

North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Report: 1914-1916

Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1917
Creator: North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for an animal trap, the unique elements of which are found in the "combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-17). Improvements include but are not limited to the addition of an open-ended case, a depressed platform and various links.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Ward, Robert Gillespie & Clayton, John Taylor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow (open access)

Sulky-Plow

Patent for the design of a plow that can "overcome obstacles without injury to"(lines 14-15) to the machine. It also includes a new design for a plow foot spring, in addition to an element that allows the foot spring to be adjusted quickly by there operator.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Sanders, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings (open access)

Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings

Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Price, Henry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History