Bee Hive. (open access)

Bee Hive.

Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1878
Creator: Walton, George Slaughter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger. (open access)

Post Hole Digger.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient device, the levers of which can be readily separated, so that either of them can be used as a spade or shovel to fill in the earth around the post after it is placed in the hole" (lines 14-19).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Armstrong, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stapling Machine (open access)

Stapling Machine

Patent for a stapling machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Stretcher or Litter (open access)

Wheeled Stretcher or Litter

Patent for wheeled stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Doole, Thomas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History