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Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band Cutter

Description: Patent for a band cutter. This invention is designed to cut bale-ties on cotton bales. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Manly, James S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band-Cutter

Description: Patent for band-cutters “designed for facilitating the cutting of bale-bands” (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Manly, James S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cabinet-Bed

Description: Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper that is "cheap, durable, have as few parts as practicable, and be easily assembled" (lines 13-15). The device uses hoe-carrying shafts and a main-drive shaft, and the hoes elevate and depress to chop the cotton.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Moore, John Neally
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle.

Description: Patent for a bicycle that can be operated by the operator's hands or feet or both, and the motion used to operate the bicycle is that of rowing. "the rider must assume a position upon the machine corresponding to that assumed by an oarsman in a boat, and as the rider can work with both hands and feet all the energy and strength he is capable of exerting can be brought to bear upon the propelling mechanism in a most effective manner, and the seat can be rendered much more comfortable than at pre… more
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "the staff-head having the slot . . . and opposite inside grooves, in combination with a dasher-stem head conforming to the recesses in the head and carrying a spring in an upper cavity thereof, a plunger having its toe resting upon said spring, and operative mechanism" (lines 77-83).
Date: June 28, 1887
Creator: Catchings, Thomas Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for a repairable, sectional car replacer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Scott, Nelson S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of U.S. Hwy 43 Facing West]

Description: Photograph of U.S. Highway 43 facing west onto 4th street from the city limits of Taylor, Texas. In the background of the photo different building structures can be seen including a church to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

[Grocery Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored and says, "Good for 50 in Merchandise" on one side; on the other it has the text: "S. A. Melasky, Grocer, Taylor, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[5-Cent Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored and says, "Good for 5 [cents] in Merchandise" on one side; on the other it has the text: "S. A. Melasky, Grocer, Taylor, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Automobile Attachment

Description: Patent for an automobile attachment designed to utilize the power produced by motorized engines for various farming implements.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: Klima, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Gassett, Thomas Boyle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Exterminator

Description: Patent for an insect exterminator to deal with cotton weevils. Illustration included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Hanus, Joseph & Tucker, William Andrewton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Exterminator

Description: Patent for an insect exterminator that removes insects from plants and then sprays a solution. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L. & Logan, Malcolm H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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