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[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David, July 10, 1860]

Letter from Maud Fentress to her son David regarding the visit of friends. Maud is sending a trunk of presents to David and his family that includes preserves, clothing, and seeds. She regrets that he is selling his buggy. She also discusses the digging of a new well. She ends with updates on the activities of friends and family.

Date: July 10, 1860

Creator: Fentress, Maud C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Whitewright]

Mounted photograph of a town square in Whitewright, Texas. Horse and buggies line the street in front of several buildings; several people are driving wagons and others are walking on either side of the street. "Whitewright, Texas" is written on back.

Date: [1880..]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pine Street, Abilene, in 1881]

Copy slide of a photograph of Pine Street in Abilene in 1881. A buggy and wagon are seen on the street.

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

Horse Detacher.

Patent for a new and improved device for detaching animals from vehicles. This design "relates to horse detaching devices, the object being to provide a device of this character of simple, inexpensive, and durable construction, and adapted to readily disengage the traces from the single tree. [The] invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-16).

Date: February 13, 1883

Creator: Willson, Sam A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

Buggy Top Support.

Patent for a new and improved support for buggy-tops. This design "relates to supports for the tops of buggies or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, effective, and durable device for attachment to the folding braces of the vehicle-tops to prevent the accidental folding of the top when the vehicles are on the road" (lines 7-13).

Date: January 26, 1886

Creator: Finney, James T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Child's Carriage.

Patent for a new and improved stroller. This design consists in "[a] running-gear, of the vertical hoop secured thereto, the brackets extending outward and upward from the hoop, and notched in their upper ends, the body, the brackets at opposite sides of the body, and the knife edge projections resting on the upper notched ends of the brackets . . . a vertical encircling hoop carrying buffers, standards, and brackets formed with edges, which rest upon the standards . . . an axle, wheels fitted … more

Date: June 22, 1886

Creator: England, William

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Beulah- Mrs. Dick Persifield's Buggy Horse]

Beulah- Mrs. Dick Percifields Buggy Horse. Photo circa 1890: Henrietta, Texas.

Date: 1890~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Buggy on Main Street in Hutto]

Photograph of buggy and people on Main Street in downtown Hutto.

Date: 1890~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Photograph of Janie Walker and Friend]

Photograph of two women standing on the S. D. Lawrence property with a mule barn and buggy in the background. The woman on the right is identified as Janie Smith Walker.

Date: [1890..1910]

Creator: Lawrence, W. E.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

Running Gear.

Patent for a new and improved running-gear. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the front and rear axles, of the tubular connection, the connection between the tubular coupling and the head-block, formed with ears, the swiveled fifth-wheel carrying ears, the connecting-pin held in said ears, and the guard attached to the ends of the head-block, to the under side of the tubular coupling, and to the connection between the coupling and the head-block at the forward end thereof" (lines… more

Date: September 2, 1890

Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Dice Sisters]

The Dice sisters: Mary May, Myrtle, and Anna. Photo taken in 1894: Byers, Texas.

Date: 1894

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Vehicle-Axle Point.

Patent for a vehicle-axle point that does not require repair. The "invention consists of a thimble that is to be shrunk, pressed, or fastened onto the axle by clips, bolts, or set-screws" (lines 20-22), so that the point does not need to be taken off.

Date: July 16, 1895

Creator: Ford, William Gardner

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Blacksmith shop with buggies out front]

Photograph of Mr. Law (on left) at the blacksmith shop in Florence with buggies parked out front.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Williamson Museum

[John Schwend sitting on a horse and buggy]

John Schwend sits on a horse buggy next to an unidentified man who is standing on the right. John Schwend was a stonemason in and around Clay County. He came to Henrietta with his family in 1875 and died there in 1916. Photo circa 1900: Clay County, Texas.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Men in Horse and Buggy]

Photograph of Two men with a horse and buggy in 1900s Granger.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Old Tuscola at the Turn of the Century 1900]

Copy slide of a white postcard of a street and buildings in Tuscola. Men are posed on and around the wagons that are in the foreground.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Photograph of Horse and Buggy]

Photograph of two horses hitched to a buggy, with one man sitting in the buggy and another standing next to it.

Date: [1900..1920]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Photograph of Louisa Walker Lawrence with a Buggy]

Photograph of Louisa Walker Lawrence standing at the head of a horse hitched to a buggy.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

Buggy-Top Support.

Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.

Date: June 4, 1901

Creator: Mason, Everett H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Step For Carriages

Patent for a step for carriages. This invention is meant "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device ... for use on buggies, wagons, and other vehicles" (line 8-12). Illustration included.

Date: November 24, 1903

Creator: Hopper, Ceburn Elzworth

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of Buggies at the Llano River]

Photograph of two men with buggies near the Llano River. Horses are pulling the buggies, and the men are standing next to them. It is matted on a light mat.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Photograph of Buggies at the Llano River]

Photograph of multiple men with buggies walking through a field near the Llano River. Horses are pulling the buggies, and the men are standing next to them. It is matted on a light mat.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Photograph of Campers at the Llano River]

Photograph of a group of men standing in front of three light colored tents near the Llano River. It is matted on a light mat.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society