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Business Interior with Staff

Description: Copy negative of Cameron and Phillips Hardware store and staff. There is a sign on the wall that reads "studebaker wagons." Twelve men stand in the the hardware store, including George L. Paxton Sr. Items visible in the store include feeding bowls, pots, ceramic serving utensils, wheelbarrows, wood burning ovens, and lamps. Most men in the photograph are wearing hats and mustaches.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Adding-Machine.

Description: Patent for am adding machine by using two disks, one a units-disk with pins in multiples of ten, one a tens-disk, is an annular disk with pin surrounding the units disk, an outwardly spring-pressed holder having a beveled outer end frictionally engaging the pins of the tens-disk and a carrier having oppositely-beveled ends engaged a supplemental pin and one pin on the tens-disks, teeth in the adjacent faces of the holder and carrier, and an idle-gear between them to enable the adding operation.… more
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Wright, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Hook and Hammer.

Description: Patent for a combined hook and hammer meant to "combine in its structure the ordinary hook for engaging with the article to be moved, and a handle adapted, when desired, to be used as a hammer, thus dispensing with the necessity for a separate implement of this character, and, second, to combine with the said hook and handle improved means for preventing the accidental contact of the hand of the operator with the article to be handled" (lines 17-26).
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Tillett, Henry Augustus; Tarpley, Thomas Dee & Moore, Robert Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn and cooler which allows for easier removal of the cooling liquid and includes illustrations and description.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Sibley, William P. & Williamson, Riley B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chamber Banquet at Rose Field House

Description: Copy negative of tools next to the Rose Field House. This image was taken at the chamber of commerce banquet in Abilene, Texas. On display with signs are mowers and tools. Signs read "Little Tuffy Mower cuts grass, weeds and brush...Abilene Machine Co" and "Little Tuffy Keep Your Lease Clean! Cut Your Lawn... See Your Dealer... Thornton's, Barry's Marine & Sport Shop, Firestone Store" and "Rough Neck Special... Heat Your Rivets, Shoe Your Horse, Dress Your Tools, Broil Your Steaks, It's Smar… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

AMCO Manufacturing

Description: Copy negative of a man sitting down working with a small tool at Amco Manufacturing building. In this image are machines, work tables and metal shavings on the floor.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

AMCO Manufacturing

Description: Copy negative of three men working on machines at the Amco Manufacturing building in Abilene, Texas. There are several machines on the work floor that are not being used.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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