Clothes-Pounder (open access)

Clothes-Pounder

Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Van Landingham, Lewis E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen. (open access)

Fountain Drafting-Pen.

Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook (open access)

Artificial Fly Fish Hook

Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater (open access)

Water-Heater

Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper. (open access)

Scraper.

Patent for an adjustable road and ditch building scraper.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Edzards, Harm Uden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Voting-Machine (open access)

Voting-Machine

Patent for a voting machine whereby voters register their votes by pushing a button. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: McClain, Eli
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Cooper sheet

Map displays soil types, creeks, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Cooper Area, Texas.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) & Smith, H. C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Tent. (open access)

Folding Tent.

Patent for a foldable two story tent with a sleeping compartment in the upper story.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer (open access)

Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer

Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Bogue, Robert Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer (open access)

Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer

Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Bogue, Robert Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Bait (open access)

Artificial Bait

Patent for an artificial bait. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Williams, Paul Eaton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Soot Arrester for Stacks (open access)

Smoke and Soot Arrester for Stacks

Patent for a smoke and soot arrester that may be used to contain products of combustion from smoke stacks or chimneys. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Pen. (open access)

Fountain-Pen.

Patent for a fountain pen with an improved ink feeder.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer (open access)

Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer

Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Miles,Joseph Furnas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener (open access)

Tire-Tightener

Patent for a tire tightener. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Cameron, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrier-Frame for Baskets. (open access)

Carrier-Frame for Baskets.

Patent for a carrier frame for moving baskets up and down in a store, which does not get tangled with the basket ropes.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Cameron. James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Higgs, William A. & Hamilton, Morgan S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Loading and Unloading Cars (open access)

Means for Loading and Unloading Cars

Patent for means for loading and unloaded railroad cars. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Kimerer, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Car-Step (open access)

Extension Car-Step

Patent for an extension car step. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Cameron, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a a nursing bottle employing a jacket designed to hold the parts of the bottle together. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bed (open access)

Folding Bed

Patent for a folding bed. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Henkel, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History