Tag. (open access)

Tag.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple tag to label bolts of cloth that is "a convenient means for fastening the [tag] in such position upon a bolt of goods as to prevent it from becoming twisted or turned, and so that the tag will always be held or supported so as to exhibit the markings thereon" (lines 12-16).
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Winkler, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Device. (open access)

Hoisting Device.

Patent for an inexpensive device that is meant to hoist, lift, or extract stumps, stones, or other heavy objects. It also stretches wire and can act as a vehicle jack.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Hagelstein, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-690 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-690

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether appropriated funds may be used for the purpose of subscribing to water service from the City of San Angelo to serve property occupied by the Department of Public Safety as a radio Station.
Date: August 19, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket-Knife. (open access)

Pocket-Knife.

Patent for a pocket knife that includes a wet stone built into its detachable handle. The handle may be taken off in order for the user to sharpen retractable blades attached to the pocket knife. This improvement upon the pocket knife design may be employed to the handle portion of any knife such as butcher knives or hunting knives.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Irick, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History