Folding Car-Step. (open access)

Folding Car-Step.

Patent for "a supplemental folding step which may be lowered into position for use when passengers are boarding or leaving a [railway] car and which may be folded back out of the way when the train is about to leave the station." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1897
Creator: Hamilton, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen. (open access)

Screen.

Patent for a wire netting screen that can be used on doors or windows.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Faires, Elisha J.
System: The Portal to Texas History