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Combined Pessary and Womb-Battery.

Description: Patent for a combined pessary and womb-battery. It is inserted into a woman's vagina and is used to deliver medication "and to stimulate the genitals to a healthy and normal action both mechanically and electrically" (lines 11-13). The device is worn without discomfort and can be worn while pregnant.
Date: July 7, 1896
Creator: Keller, Martha Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Angle-Cock.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Waldron, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[T&P Train #95]

Description: Photograph of T&P passenger train #95 on tracks at Arlington, Texas. A faint plume of smoke is rising from the engine, and there are two men standing out front of the train. Printed on the photograph is "[sic] T&P Passenger Train No. I. 2:35 pm. Arlington, Texas 1896." Written below the image is "H. D. Conner Collection."
Date: 1896
Creator: Conner, H. D.
Partner: The Grace Museum
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