Scoop. (open access)

Scoop.

Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Mitcham, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine. (open access)

Excavating and Grading Machine.

Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date: July 19, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm and Garden Implement. (open access)

Farm and Garden Implement.

Patent for a new and improved tool rack. This design "consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, whereby the device may hold implements of various kinds—such as the hoe, rake, a fork, shovel-blade, a trowel, and similar hand-tools—by simply detaching one tool from the holder and inserting another" (lines 12-18).
Date: April 19, 1887
Creator: Hewitt, Ditus Pinson
System: The Portal to Texas History