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- Churn
- Patent for a new churn with a simplified and improved construction, includes illustrations.
- [Photograph of Bessie and Arthur McCutcheon]
- Photograph of Bessie and Arthur McCutcheon. Bessie, a young child, sits in a chair while Arthur stands to the right.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a car coupling that "couples automatically and by which a brakeman on a single car can uncouple one or more cars and to provide pipe connections between the cars for this and other purposes" (lines 9-13). It has a pivoted drawhead with lever connections to a piston head and uses steam connections with the cylinder in the piston head to couple.
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "a platform having a rod or bar secured to its upper face, and having the ends of the choke-spring coiled thereon, pins or prongs extending from one edge of the platform for engagement with a side of a box, a box having one of its sides elevated, against which the pronged end of the platform abuts for engagement therewith, and having recesses in its opposite ends for the recession of a loop, which passes thence over the free end of the platform for binding the same to the box" (lines 3-14).
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the wire frame having the parallel base-arms, the coiled-springs, the upwardly-extending arms, and the downwardly-extending loop, the loop or ring on the bend and engaged portions of said wire, and the trigger-wire having the frontwardly-projecting point engaging said ring" (lines 80-87).
- Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling.
- Patent for the connection between two railway cars.
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n an ant-trap, the combination, with a trough formed with a top [that is] flanged . . . of a box connected thereto by a tube terminating in a disk . . . [and] of the connecting-tubes, box, and fence" (lines 62-68).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination, with a draw-bar, a sliding box, a movable eccentric secured therein, a coupling-rod, and a pivoted locking-jaw, of a locking-plate secured to said box and adapted to lock the jaw against movement" (lines 84-89).
- Fumigator.
- Patent for a new and improved fumigator. This design "compris[es] the closed vessel mounted on legs and provided with the removable cover, the fire-box having legs resting upon the bottom of the vessel, the inlet near the bottom and the outlet near the top, and the bellow connected to the inlet" (lines 77-83).
- [Baptistry Painting for Luling, Texas]
- Black and white photograph of baptistry painting done by Perry for the church in Luling, Texas. Scene depicts creek, different types of trees, large tree in foreground, hills, clouds. Painting is photographed outside against a brick wall with a sidewalk and window. Back of photograph reads in part, "Luling, Tex [Texas] in spring."
- Device for Lifting Push-Rods on Ford Motors
- Patent for a new and useful improved form of device for lifting push rods, intended more particularly for use on Ford motors, but susceptible of use on other makes of automobiles, when it is desired to position the cam shaft bearing in the Ford motors.
- Wire Fence
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire fences. This invention is to "make a cheap and efficient post to which fence-wires may be quickly and durable stapled" (line 15-17).
- Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.
- This patent is a receiver that is portable and provides a unique way of catching the lint that is ejected from a cotton-gin when in use. The portable receiver helps to prevent fires.
- Improvement in Fire-Extinguishers for Lint-Rooms.
- Patent for a fire-extinguisher for lint-rooms with design specifications and instructions on operating procedures and usage, including illustrations.
- Hose or Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for a hose or pipe coupling meant to "provide a coupling of great simplicity of construction forming a tight and efficient connection by which the hose can be connected without turning it, without the screwing together of the sections and without a loose washer within one of the couplings which is readily lost and quickly gets out of order" (lines 12-19).
- Sunshade
- Patent for a sunshade to shield field workers from the sun. Illustrations included.
- Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear.
- Patent for a wearable sunshade, which is worn over the shoulders and allows free movement of the body while in use and has holders for farm tools included on the sunshade holding device.
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists "[i]n a nut-lock, the combination, with a screw-threaded bolt and nut, of a pair of arms pivoted or hinged together, said arms having annular screw-threaded grooves formed therein adapted to register with the threads on the bolt, and means for locking the arms together" (lines 76-81).
- Painting-Machine.
- Patent for an automatic device that paints large surfaces that has a reservoir for the paint, a brush that sweeps similarly to an expert painter, a mechanism that dips the brush in the paint, and an air pump that is connected to the reservoir to bring the paint to the brush. Multiple brushes and reservoirs can be used with this machine. The pump may be operated by hand or by machine.
- Hose or Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for a hose or pipe coupling that automatically couples cars, and uncouples one or more pipes are automatically uncoupled by steam, air, or fluid pressure. The "invention consists of a pair of twin couplers through each of which one or more tubes are conducted, the apertures of which in the face of one coupler register with those in the face of the opposite coupler, each coupler being provided with guides or other suitable means for bringing it into alignment with the other and with a bolt or latch which automatically engages the opposite coupler when they are brought together and is released by steam or other pressure through one of the connecting pipes, in order to uncouple; and it further consists in a valve connection with said coupler pipes whereby the connecting pipe or pipes are closed in the act of uncoupling" (lines 13-28).
- Signaling-Boiler
- Patent for a signaling boiler designed to test food during the cooking process to determine whether food has completed cooking, and to signal via a whistle when said food is determined to have been properly cooked. Additional design details include the provision of a supporting mechanism for potatoes and other vegetables to rest on, as well as a compact form of the overall device.
- Hose-Coupling.
- Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
- Sewing Machine.
- Patent for sewing machine having an embroidering or darning spring presser foot attachment.
- Detachable Shelf for Store-Ladders
- Patent for a store shelf for holding goods that is removable and may also be used as a ladder. Illustrations included.
- [Full Body Portrait of Joseph A. Wassenich]
- Photograph of Joseph A. Wassenich (1859–1940), posing against a wooden fence with a large black coat, body turned slightly to the left. He stands against a painted backdrop.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #2]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #5]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #6]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #4]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #1]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Fritz Zedler Home Photograph #3]
- Photograph of the Fritz Zedler Home in Luling, Texas.
- [Telegram from Isaac H. Kempner to Lu-Tex Products, Inc., November 19, 1949]
- Telegram sent by Isaac H. Kempner to Lu-Tex Products, Inc. discussing his request to postpone the shipment of turkeys but request for prices.
- [Letter from Lenton K. Ray to I. H. Kempner, October 14, 1952]
- Letter from Lenton K. Ray to I. H. Kempner discussing the price per pound for turkeys 18 to 21 pounds.
- Luling 1912 Sheet 3
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1912 Sheet 6
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1907 Sheet 3
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1921 Sheet 7
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1907 Sheet 5
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1921 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1896 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1907 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1912 Sheet 4
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1921 Sheet 4
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1902 Sheet 3
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1912 Sheet 2
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1912 Sheet 5
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1902 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1896 Sheet 2
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1891 Sheet 2
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Luling 1921 Sheet 3
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Luling in Caldwell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.