Packing-Case. (open access)

Packing-Case.

Patent for new and improved shipping case to store and transport oysters so that they may be surrounded by ice in travel and not be subjected to a great amount of pressure or damaged during transit.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Clement, Thomas Houlten, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Exterminator (open access)

Boll Weevil Exterminator

Patent for a boll weevil exterminator. This invention is designed to remove boll weevils from cotton plants and crushing them between rollers. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Meeks, William & Brown, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History