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[Man at Tiptons desk]

Photograph of a man in a suit sitting a desk. He is writing on a paper with his right hand while also looking to his right. His desk has other office supplies upon it, and a large window makes up the wall behind him.

Date: June 16, 1960

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

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Writing Pen.

Patent for a new and improved pen. This design has for its object "to provide a simple implement which may be readily employed for writing purposes; and it consists in a thimble-like sleeve having a writing-pen arranged at its outer end, adapted to be easily applied to the index or fore-finger; and it further consists in the peculiar construction of implement" (lines 7-14).

Date: October 16, 1888

Creator: Seabaugh, Conrad

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand Support for Use in Writing.

Patent for a new and improved writing aid. This design "is an improved device to rest the hand and give ease and fluency thereto in writing; and it consists, essentially, in a support made of glass, rubber, or other similar suitable material, and having very smooth edges to travel without friction over the writing-paper, in combination with a hand-rest pivoted and capable of a certain degree of motion thereon, and having connected to it the handle of the pen" (lines 18-27).

Date: March 16, 1886

Creator: Wyche, John Louis