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Improvement in Reinforcing-Bar Supports. (open access)

Improvement in Reinforcing-Bar Supports.

Patent for improving "bar supports for use in concrete construction" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Darr, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Lock (open access)

Envelop-Lock

Patent for an Envelop-Lock, which "appertains to a sealing or locking device for envelops and other containers, and aims to provide a novel and improved means for locking or sealing the closure flap of an envelop, whereby the envelop cannot be opened without tearing or mutilating the same, so as to be apparent to the recipient of the envelop." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Buckner, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Progressive Advertiser (Dekalb, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1914 (open access)

The Progressive Advertiser (Dekalb, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1914

Weekly newspaper from DeKalb, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1914
Creator: Turner, H. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie Plate (open access)

Rail Tie Plate

Patent for "a rail tie plate with a horizontally extending member which will slidably support a switch point and hold the same in proper relation to the main rail and thus prevent the jouncing of the switch point (lines 14-18).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Oscar P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History