From the bottom of a 2009 version of the initial TESS page

The TESS database contains:

• only those trademarks that are Federally registered or that are pending (applications undergoing examination at the USPTO).
• the available information on inactive applications and registrations (i.e., abandoned applications or canceled or expired registrations).

The TESS database does not contain:

• any information on state, foreign, or common law trademarks.
• Information on applications and registrations that were inactive prior to 1984 are generally not available on TESS.

So TESS is not so historic IP friendly while the internet archive surely is!