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Animal-Trap

Description: Patent for an animal trap whose specially designed cylinders play a crucial role in tiring the animal while it is struggling to escape the trap doors Ultimately, succumbing to exhaustion and hastening its drowning in the trap's water reservoir.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Link, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Cabinets.

Description: Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: Austin, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie Buckle.

Description: Patent for a buckle that secures ends of bale ties so that they are not exposed nor endanger the hands of farm workers.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: McFarland, Frank Hays
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crate

Description: Patent for improvements for shipping crates, including illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Dick, Archie P., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clock.

Description: Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Birdville School Group]

Description: Photograph of the 1913 Birdville school students and teachers posing together in four rows outside a building. The boys in the front two rows are seated, with two rows of girls standing behind them.
Date: 1913
Partner: Birdville Historical Society

[Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee]

Description: Letterhead stationary for the Hebrew Institute Building Fund Committee outlining all the donors for the institute and their monetary contributions. The building, designed by the architectural firm of Field and Clarkson, was constructed between April and August of 1914 in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas at a cost of $14,668. The top left corner of the document shows an architectural drawing of the building.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Hebrew Institute. Board.
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate]

Description: Printed marriage certificate (called a "Ketubah" in Hebrew) for Nathan Freeman of Waco, Texas, and Etta Rebecca Fram of Dallas, Texas. The couple were married on January 19, 1913, by Rev. Abraham Fram, Etta's father and the cantor at Dallas' Sheareth Israel Congregation. The Hebrew quotation at the top of the document translates as: "The voice of joy; the voice of happiness; the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." There is an illustration of a marriage ceremony at the top of the cer… more
Date: 1913
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Life Boat

Description: Patent for life boats to use for large passenger ships, cruise and other boats that can be installed at the sides of the ships for easy access during evacuation.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Intestine-Protector.

Description: Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Miller, Robert E. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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