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Cotton Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to mounted on a cultivator carriage. It also provides detachable devices by which the cotton chopping mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Portrait of Amanda Harp Beck]

Description: Photograph of Amanda Louise Harp Beck, a woman dressed in austere post-Victorian era clothing. A handwritten note on the back of the photo states that she is the mother of Roy Elmer Beck and the wife of William Franklin Beck.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Amanda Harp Beck]

Description: Photograph of Amanda Louise Harp Beck, mother of Roy Elmer Beck and wife of William Franklin Beck. She is a middle-aged woman clad in austere post-Victorian era clothing. She has her hair tied in a knot on top of her head.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of a Young Lena Beck]

Description: Photograph of a young Lena Beck, posed for a portrait in a studio setting. She is wearing a long-sleeved striped dress and boots. Her hand is resting on a piece of furniture draped in a tapestry. A handwritten note on the back states that she is the sister of Roy Elmer Beck.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ridling, N. G.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Lena Beck]

Description: Photograph of a teenage Lena Beck, a young woman wearing a high-collared top with an overcoat. Her curly hair is pulled back in an updo. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reveals that she is the sister of Roy Elmer Beck.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Young Members of the Beck Family]

Description: Photograph of the grandchildren of William Franklin Beck. There are six children in total, but only five of them are visible. Most of them are perched on the up-step of an automobile, while one of the children is standing alone in front of them.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The William Beck Family]

Description: Photograph of three generations of the William Franklin Beck family, posed for a picture together. The grandchildren are knelt on the first row, while the older members of the family stand behind them. William Franklin Beck, the family patriarch is standing on the far right of the second row. Other individuals include Elizabeth Howell Beck, Euna Beck, W. Earl Beck, and Leona Dodgen Beck (who is holding a child)and Hattie Beck.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The William Beck Family Women]

Description: Photograph of a group of women standing together outdoors. They are all a part of the William Franklin Beck family. Pictured are: Lucy Lane Beck, Hattie Beck, Elizabeth "Bessie" Howell Beck, Leona Dodgen Beck, Euna Beck, and two unknown women.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Holland, Isaac W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes

Description: Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Major, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lever Scraper for Cleaning Plows.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lever scraper for cleaning plows. This design "relates to improvements in plows, the object being to remove quickly and readily from the mold-board the earth which, in plowing stiff, waxy, or greasy soils, adheres thereto; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a scraper-blade and of the actuating mechanism therefor" (lines 9-15).
Date: November 8, 1887
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Standard

Description: Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Swivel.

Description: Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Embry, Leonard B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Description: Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Hewett, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Toy

Description: Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Webster, George Lamont
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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