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Post-Card Rack (open access)

Post-Card Rack

Patent for racks for supporting and displaying commodities for sale. The device comprises a rotary holder or rack mounted for rotation around a vertical axis and including a skirt-like outer wall made of flexible material folded to form circumferentially arranged pockets into which the lower ends of a large quantity of post cards or the like may be inserted and supported in connection with certain other elements of the structure.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Honig, Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Chain. (open access)

Transmission-Chain.

Patent for a transmission chain made of separate links. Some of the links have spring material to center the chain, increase flexibility, and protect the chain from objects thrown in the chain's path.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Lynn, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool (open access)

Fishing Tool

Patent for a fishing tool used for removing items lost in a well during the drilling process.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Trevino, Ignacio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Men in a Shoe Repair Store, 1916]

Photograph of two men inside of what seems like a shoe repair store in Alice, Texas. The text in front of the man on the left side says "grover" and the text in front of the man on the right says "MR T" who is Mr. Traweek.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History