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[Portrait of Frances K. Prather Darden as a Toddler]
Photograph of Frances K. Prather Darden (1912–1986), pictured here as a toddler, aged 19 months. She has short, curly hair, and wears a white dress. She looks to the right.
Date:
June 1914
Creator:
Thompson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Bracket.
Patent for shade and curtain brackets. This invention allows the brackets at opposites sides of the window frame to be easily adjusted to receiver shade rollers or curtain poles.
Date:
June 2, 1914
Creator:
Reisner, Carl T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice Breaking Machine.
Patent for an improved Ice Breaking Machine. This new design has movable plates that allow for the ice to be broken up into various sizes as desired by the user. It is also of a simpler construction than earlier machines.
Date:
June 22, 1914
Creator:
Krocker, Adolf C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Feeding Device
Patent for "improvements in Water-Feeding Devices" (lines 5-6) to "adjust the rate of discharge of liquid...[and] whose adjusting means shall be capable of accurate regulation to vary the amount of liquid discharged in a given time" (lines 21-24) including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Walkup, John A. & Walkup, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Hays, Ernest C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History