Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consists in the construction and combination of parts . . . [of] that class of machines for cutting cotton and other stalks, consisting, essentially, of parallel runners or beams carrying outwardly-projecting knives, which serve to cut the stalks as the machine is drawn over the ground" (lines 15-22).
Date: November 29, 1881
Creator: Bolliver, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Hat Pin (open access)

Safety Hat Pin

Patent for a safety hat pin for protection against workplace injuries, including illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1912
Creator: Donaldson, James Macon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair (open access)

Dental Chair

Patent for "a simple and convenient chair which may be folded to render it portable, so that it may be carried from place to place by the dentist when his practice is away from his office" (lines 9-13).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Moorman, Zach B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger. (open access)

Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger.

Patent for a window-shade hanger that can be "adjusted to fit windows of various widths and shaderollers which vary in length and which may be readily put up and taken down." (lines 18-21) including illustration.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Neale, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Plows.

Patent for improvements in plows with removable curved flanges.
Date: July 29, 1873
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7116 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7116

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Is Fannin County authorized to pay claim for expenses incurred by county attorney in engaging court reporter to transcribe testimony given in a felony trial for use in another criminal trial?
Date: March 29, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History