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[Photograph of the Fort Worth City Council]

Description: This photograph was taken during the dedication ceremony for Fort Worth's new municipal airport terminal on April 4, 1937. The people in the photo are (left to right)- George Rihl, Vice President of Pan American Airways; Joel Hott, FW Chamber of Commerce Manager; T. E. Braniff, President of Braniff Airways; C. R. Smith, President of American Airlines; S. A. Cisler, General Superintendent of Post Office Air and Railway Mail Service; Harley Branch, 2nd Assistant Postmaster General; D. L. Johnson,… more
Date: April 4, 1937
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Combined Ink, Pen, and Penholder Carrier.

Description: Patent for a combination case for ink, pens, and penholders or pencils. It is "an inkwell and pen-box with tubes parallel with the sides thereof to form a small compact parcel occupying the least possible space" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 4, 1896
Creator: Scougale, Malcolm
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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
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Balancing Pump Jack

Description: Patent for increasing the power of pump jacks and providing simple devices for aiding the driving mechanism. A shifting weight helps balance the sucker rod.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, W.L.
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Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection

Description: Patent for improvements on a battery plate and terminal connections. Plate lugs and the terminal for the battery are a solid piece to fit more battery sizes and prevent the lugs from breaking off.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
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Machine for Cutting Tire-Casing Treads and Removing Beads

Description: Patent for machines for extracting beads and for cutting treads of tire casings. It is to provide a convenient device for operating on tire casings which are to be stripped and separated into the original elements and to save much labor and avoid much expense.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell D.
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Magneto-Telephonic Apparatus

Description: Patent for an invention to improve transmitting vocals and other sounds. It is a magneto telephonic system based on an magnetic field of high intensity.
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Brown, Fred. H.
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Grass-Cutter

Description: Patent for a grass cutter adapted to be mounted on some part of a train of cars. The object of this invention is to provide a cutter which will cut the grass from railway tracks and to adapt the device for easy attachment to a truck of the car.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Doak, John S.
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Electric Time-Alarm and Annunciator

Description: Patent for "a combined call and annunciator system by which any number of signals can be sent automatically or manually and various signals received through the annunciator, the apparatus serving to send signals to or from any number of distant points on the circuit at any time" (lines 17-23).
Date: April 4, 1890
Creator: Suren, Nathan H.
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Sign.

Description: Patent for an illuminated sign that uses prism to reflect the light thus reducing the amount of lights needed to illuminate the sign.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Hoag, Harry
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Spring-Motor

Description: Patent for a spring motor for use in operating small devices such as churns.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Dayton, William L.
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Even-Balance Pump-Jack

Description: Patent for "increasing the power of the pump jacks" (lines 10-11) for improved uniformity during the upstroke and the downstroke.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, William L.
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Silo

Description: Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Crady, Charles C.
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Matrix Molding Device.

Description: Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1918
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
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Pipe or Cigar Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful holder that has a removable nicotine-cup and, it is capable of being used as a cigar or cigarette holder or used as a pipe. Illustration is included.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Delimage, Edgar C.
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Electric Motor.

Description: Patent for an electric motor that operates "with equal efficiency on either direct or alternating current" (lines 10-11).
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Adams, Homer E.
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Egg-Case Fastener.

Description: Patent for a fastener that is used in "egg-cases and packages of similar character designed for shipping goods and which are required to be returned to the consignor to be again used" (lines 8-11). The top of the case has a plate securing it so that it is "secured by positive means against accidental displacement" (lines 23-24).
Date: August 4, 1896
Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley
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Dental Tool

Description: Patent for a series of dental cleaning tools to remove deposits from teeth and smooth rough surfaces. This design inflicts minimal damage to the gum tissue while both a guide and blade are in contact with the tooth.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Carr, Cassius M.
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