Vehicle. (open access)

Vehicle.

Patent for a wheel-vehicle structure used on farm, road, country or the city, including illustrations. Vehicle with pivot axles that eliminate the jerking and shaking caused by common vehicles.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Drew, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nueces Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1911
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a improved gate latch that has "a permanent member carried structure and a swingable member carried structure, which co-act, and are operated by spring action for locking the swingable members against swinging movement".
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Ramirez, Simon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History