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Plaque and Picture Hanger.
Patent for a new and improved holder for plaques and pictures. This design "is to provide a simple and cheap device for conveniently hanging painted or ornamental plaques, plates, tiles, and similar decorative objects" (lines 15-18).
Date:
July 25, 1882
Creator:
Marucheau, Elizabeth L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design "consists of two cuneiform sleeves mounted loosely and eccentrically on two upright shafts inclined toward each other and provided with spiraled grooves, into which pins in the sleeves pass, these sleeves being provided at the bottom with plates engaging with each other, so that both sleeves will move simultaneously, the reins being grasped between these sleeves" (lines 10-18).
Date:
July 25, 1882
Creator:
Hyde, Leslie Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History