Boot and Shoe Box. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Boot and Shoe Box.

Creator

  • Inventor: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Cook, E.T., of Alexander, Texas, assignor of one-half to D.R. Burroughs, of same place.

Contributor

  • Witness: Rodgers, W. H.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Pruitt, W. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Assignee: Burroughs, D. R.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1883-11-20
  • Acceptance Date: 1883-11-20
  • Submission Date: 1883-08-22

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved box for boots and shoes. This design is "to be arranged beneath the counter, between the guide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided with mechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid as the box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back to place again. This may be accomplished in several ways" (lines 26-33).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: shoes
  • Keyword: boots
  • Keyword: boxes

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Erath County - Alexander

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 288924
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170659

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,924, dated November 20, 1883. Application filed August 22, 1883. (No model.)"
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