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Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for "a clothes pin or clasp which will have a clamping-spring action and which can be conveniently manipulated to apply or remove it to and from a holding position and one wherein the clamping members mainly he within the same plane" (lines 7-13).
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Joshua Calhoun Howell Remembrance Card] (open access)

[Joshua Calhoun Howell Remembrance Card]

Remembrance card for Joshua Calhoun Howell of Hill County, Texas. It reads: "In Loving Remembrance of J. C. Howell, Died Jan. 5, 1901. Gone but not forgotten. 'Tis hard to break the tender cord,/When love has bound the heart./'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words:/"We must forever part."/Dearest loved one we must lay thee/In the peaceful grave's embrace,/But thy memory will be cherished/'Til we see thy heavenly face." Below the inscription is an illustration of the Bible.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improvement in baling-presses that uses a plunger operated press for maximum compression and minimum power.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Hayes, Daniel George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Stock Attachment for Plows (open access)

Sweep Stock Attachment for Plows

Patent for an "improved sweep-stock attachment for plows", so that a "sweep or shovel may be attached to a plow and operated at any desired angle." (lines 8-11)
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Ziecheck, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows for hand-propelled device for use in gardens, including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Ward, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating-Drum (open access)

Heating-Drum

Patent for "a simple and efficient construction which may be readily set up and taken down, which will be durable, and in which, moreover, by operation of a single damper the smoke-pipe above the drum may be brought into direct communication with the smoke-pipe below the drum and the several compartments of the apparatus will be opened to permit ready cleaning" (lines 14-22).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Horsley, Robert L. & Rountree, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter (open access)

Cultivator and Planter

Patent for improvements in combined cultivators and corn/cotton planters to adapt an ordinary cultivator for planting of seeds with adjustable seed-tube and furrow opener to accommodate various character of ground being worked or cultivation being done.
Date: July 5, 1900
Creator: Prentice, Peter Mack
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History