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Device for Teaching Penmanship.

Description: Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which holds the hand in the correct writing position.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Smith, Sidney R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Fanning, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blackboard.

Description: Patent for a rotating blackboard that can be covered when not in use, as well as adjusted to different heights and locked into place so the writer can utilize every available space of the blackboard. The inventor designed the blackboard "for use in schools and brokerage offices."
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Grothaus, Julia
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ink-Bottle Holder for Desks.

Description: Patent for an ink bottle holder for desks, which prevents the ink from quickly evaporating.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Maney, Virginia D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Foot Rest for School Desks

Description: Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Pratt, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Revolving Book-Holder.

Description: Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Ballart, Calvert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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