Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Date: April 28, 1868
Creator: Kidd, I. J.
Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers.
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Paper-File.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Description: Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.
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Dish-Washer
Date: January 14, 1891
Creator: Hoppe, J. Frederick William
Description: Patent fora dishwasher. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved means for washing dishes in such a manner that all foreign substances, greasy matters, and offensive odors may be readily and expeditiously removed and the dishes restored dry and clean by the operation of the machine without handling them.
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Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Date: March 31, 1874
Creator: Knowles, William Wadsworth
Description: Patent for. new and useful improvement in cotton press. "The invention consists in operating the nut of a follower-screw by means of a drive-pinion, whose own shaft is actuated alternately in opposite directions, by a friction-wheel" (lines 13-16).
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Current occupants of 1892 Bastrop County jail
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of the local signs for the current occupants of the 1892 Bastrop County jail annex.
Contributing Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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New Gazebo on courthouse and jail lawn
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of a recently rebuilt gazebo on the courthouse and jail lawn. In the back ground is the back of buildings facing the Main Street business district.
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Occupants sign for jail annex offices, 801 Pine Street
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of the occupants and street address of the 1892 Bastrop county jail; now courthouse annex.
Contributing Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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1892 Bastrop County jail THC Marker
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of the THC Marker and National Register Marker for the 1892 Bastrop County jail, at 801 Pine Street in Bastrop, Texas
Contributing Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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U.S. Bi-centennial 1776 - 1977 restoration sign
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of local sign celebrating the donors whom gave money for work on the 1892 county jail.
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North side of the Bastrop County Annex
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Description: Photograph of east Bastrop County courthouse annex. Also to the right is the north east corner of the Bastrop County courthouse.
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