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Root Crop Harvester (open access)

Root Crop Harvester

Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Bourland, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fitting Device. (open access)

Garment-Fitting Device.

Patent for a series of flexible bands and tapes to be used for efficient fitting of garments with regards to seam lines and marking patterns upon cloth by measuring the waist, skirt, and sleeve areas.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Mary M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tubular Tank Inspector And Gage (open access)

Tubular Tank Inspector And Gage

Patent for a tubular tank inspector and gage. This invention is designed for the measuring level of fluids in the tank. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Gregson, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 164, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 2, 1904 (open access)

The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 164, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 2, 1904

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 2, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener (open access)

Trace-Fastener

Patent for a trace fastener for whippletrees. This is a device that "provide[s] a simple, efficient, reliable fastener which will when in use, at all times and under all circumstances, hold the trace in connection with the end of the whiffletree [sic] and which will prevent undue wear on the cockeye or hole in the end of the trace." (Lines 9-16)
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Charlie M. & Burnett, Charles M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1900 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 165, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1900

Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 2, 1900
Creator: Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History