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The City Hotel

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs, business name, and text reading: "Rates One Dollar Per Day. Reduced Rates by the Week"; "This Hotel is First-Class in all appointments, and is located within Eighty Yards of the Passenger Depot. The Tables are supplied with everything the market affords, and the Beds are equal to any in Texas," in lithographic print by Champion Print. Letterhead includes the names of M. L. Williams … more
Date: 1892
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Door-Fastener

Description: Patent for a portable door fastener that can be used to lock hotel doors. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Mellott, Judson R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight.

Description: Patent for "simple, durable and inexpensive" (line 22) dirigible headlight that can installed on automobiles and can be controlled from the steering wheel.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Crawford, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garment.

Description: Patent for improved sport costume for, "indoor and outdoor exercises, horseback riding, and...streetwear." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Copenhafer, Pearle Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Silo Construction.

Description: Patent for a new and improved silo of "simple and superior construction" (line 12) whose design is also "strong, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce" (lines 18-19).
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Harris, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shifting Camera Back.

Description: Patent for a shifting camera back that allows a photographer to take a large number of photographs on a single plate or film, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Moine, Selest E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Derrick

Description: Patent for a derrick. Illustration included.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McClain, Thomas & McDaniel, Robert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chute for Garbage

Description: Patent for improvements to the conveyer and chutes associated with the disposal of garbage. Also delivers coal and wood to the house from outside.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Roberson, Ella
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bridle-Bit

Description: Patent for improvements in bridle bits, particularly bridle bits known as curb bridle bits. One of the objects is to provide means whereby the curb loop or strap is prevented from engaging the lips of the horse when strain is applied to the driving reins.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Bass, James O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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