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[J. G. Lieb]
Photograph of J. G. Lieb, who is sitting and only his torso and up is visible.
Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic
Photograph of a crowd of people on a train. A handwritten note reads "W.W. Knowles, Bastrop, TX, [illegible] at Brenham." A printed note on the back of the photograph reads, "Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic; Practicable by Steam, or Horse power; Elevated or at Grade; Built and equipped at one half the cost of any other plan of equal capacity; Cars impossible to be thrown from track; examination of this system, by engineers and others, is respectfully solicited. I am now prepared to grant Licenses to railway companies and others, to construct and use the Prismoidal railway system., E. Crew, Inventor and Patentee."
[Brazos River]
Photograph of the Brazos River. Inscription on the back reads "Taken from bridge just before arriving at Brenham,"
[Two Cars near the Brazos River]
Photograph of a man standing by two cars on the side of the road. A note on the back of the photograph says, "Just before arriving at Brenham - 7/17/13 - Brazos River."
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