Improvement in Photographic Backgrounds. (open access)

Improvement in Photographic Backgrounds.

Patent for a new way of "holding and manipulating photographers' backgrounds" (line 19) including illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1879
Creator: Moberly, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Exterminators. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Exterminators.

Patent for an improved insect exterminator design with modifications especially suitable for cotton fields, includes illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1879
Creator: Walker, John Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Patent for an improvements in animal traps. It is similar to a hook and proper for mouse and rat.
Date: June 10, 1879
Creator: Milby, Frank Whitson
System: The Portal to Texas History