Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for an improved window sash that is meant to "provide means for securing a sash in its frame whereby it is capable of free movement, and at the same time is dust-proof, wind-proof, rain-proof, and snow-proof" (lines 9-13). The sash does not rattle and cannot be displaced from the outside.
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Roach, George W. & Ralph, Sidney L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest (open access)

Hen's Nest

Patent for hen's nest. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Smith, Edward C.
System: The Portal to Texas History