Revolving Fan (open access)

Revolving Fan

Patent for a new and useful revolving fan. This design "relates to certain improvements in revolving fans, such as are employed especially in connection with tables and the like for fanning the persons seated thereat" (line 8-11).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Gibson, Levi A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Horseshoe. (open access)

Design for Horseshoe.

Design patent for horseshoe with the flat lips projecting upwardly from the outer edge of the shoe and inwardly toward the center.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Cooper, William M. & Cates, John Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History