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Safe. (open access)

Safe.

Patent for "safes which are made burglar and if desired, fire proof without increasing weight and cost ofthe same, reliance for security being placed upon the release or discharge of condensed gases, liquefied or not, and contained within the walls of the safe in such manner as that any attempt to force the safe will break the walls of the containing-chamber and release the fluid, said fluid or gases being of a deadly character, whereby persons or animals are compelled to flee from the vicinity of the safe as soon as the gas permeates the atmosphere, and, if desired, also having the property of extinguishing fires or preventing combustion" (lines 11-25).
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Payne, John J. E. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank of Lipscomb (open access)

Bank of Lipscomb

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the name of W. H. Parker, Cashier.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History