Bottle. (open access)

Bottle.

Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Holland, Willie Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 5, 1873] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 5, 1873]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote his wife a brief letter from a car going from Waco to Bremond, Texas. In his letter, he related to his wife the expenses he has incurred on his trip so far and let her know that their daughter, Ora, was doing well.
Date: August 5, 1873
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting Machine. (open access)

Riveting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved riveting machine. This design "consist[s], essentially, of an upright-frame having a vertically-movable driving-rod therein, a vertically-separable set loosely mounted upon the lower end of the driving rod, and a stationary upright removably mounted in the frame beneath the driving-rod and set, [and] said upright having a spring-actuated sleeve extending above the upper end thereof" (lines 66-74).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Carl, Reinhold A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History