Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for an inexpensive, efficient, and durable fruit-picker that picks small fruit and does not bruise them. The picker is easily operated.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Armstrong, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Burleson, Pleasant Wright
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Holder. (open access)

Mail-Holder.

Patent for a mail holder which has slots for different types of mail organized by letter, which can be carried in the mail delivery vehicle thus letting the mail only be sorted once.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Hill, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box-Car-Door Fastener (open access)

Box-Car-Door Fastener

Patent for a box car door fastener.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Hooton, Pinkie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for the invention of a new and improved type of adjustable plow, including illustrations.
Date: March 31, 1874
Creator: White, Moses F.
System: The Portal to Texas History