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Crude-Oil Burner.

Description: Patent for "a crude-oil burner especially adapted for use in cooking and heating stoves and in fireplaces;" including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1902
Creator: Landis, John A.; Johnston, William A. & Bosley, Lee Wooden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Interior photograph of the Williams' hardware store]

Description: Photograph of a rare, interior view of the hardware store, owned and operated by the Williams family, in Gainesville, TX.. In the frame is a ladder leading up to the top of an irrigation machine in the store. The photograph was taken by Byrd Sr., but printed by Byrd IV. Written on the front of the photograph, it reads, "Byrd Williams Sr. 1899. Hardware stores on the square in Gainesville Texas."
Date: [1895..1899]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Reading-Stand.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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