Door-Saddle. (open access)

Door-Saddle.

Patent for new and improved door saddles, which consists "of a longitudinal and cross-grooved arrangement of parts coacting with inclined surfaces and shields to cause a perfect drainage of water" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Vogel, Thomas.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Smith, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Penholder. (open access)

Penholder.

Patent for a wooden holder for pen-points. The holder is designed to be constructed cheaply and permit the neat and clean insertion and removal of pen-points.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Estes, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm wagon Scale (open access)

Farm wagon Scale

Patent for a farm wagon scale. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Graves, Henry Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Wrench (open access)

Elevator-Wrench

Patent for an improvement in elevator wrenches. The device is meant to be used with rotary drilling machines for "supporting the drilling the drill pipe and for holding it from rotation during the releasing of the several joins of the pipe when it is necessary to withdraw the drill from the well hole."
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Lebus, George Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Route-Indicator. (open access)

Route-Indicator.

Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Cranmer, Howard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey within the Habitat Fuller Estate Development, Wichita Falls, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey within the Habitat Fuller Estate Development, Wichita Falls, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey of the Habitat Fuller Estate Development Tract.
Date: February 13, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2012 (open access)

Midwestern State University Annual Financial Report: 2012

Annual financial report of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas for fiscal year 2012, including organizational data and financial statements, with supplemental notes and schedules.
Date: November 13, 2012
Creator: Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History