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Firm Foundation Publishing House

Description: Work area of Firm Foundation Publishing House. Firm Foundation was a publisher and general distributor of religious literature located at 3110 Guadalupe at the time. The image shows two men, Tom Selly on the left and an unknown man on the right.
Date: August 27, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Portable Type-Distributer.

Description: Patent for improvements in portable “type-distributing device which can be comfortably held in the hand and without strain on the wrist, and which is provided with a suitable main receptacle to hold the matter being distributed and also with auxiliary receptacles for leads and spaces, whereby the labor of distributing is greatly facilitated and lessened and the work much more rapidly accomplished.” (Lines 26-34) Includes illustration.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Clarke, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Printer's Galley.

Description: Patent for an "invention to dispense with the usual quoins for locking up the printed matter in a galley and to provide in lieu thereof an adjustable lock-up device of novel construction." (Lines 14-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Denison, Frank L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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