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Improvement in Railway-Gates.

Description: Patent for "automatically operating slide-gates which are operated by pressure on treadles, and are suitable for use either as farm-gates or railroad-gates." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1878
Creator: McCaffrey, James M. & Larkin, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for an improved bale-tie with a description of the tool and specifications for its usage, includes illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: Rutherford, William Bryson & Hawkins, Joel Turnham
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Grain-Driers.

Description: Patent for an improved grain-drier with design specifications and a description of the object's applications and usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 18, 1878
Creator: Henesee, Richard Tiernan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[A family on their homestead]

Description: Photograph of two women, leaning against a wooden-post fence in front of their home and barn, watching a little girl in a white dress walking towards the camera. The little girl's dress is swept upwards with the wind.
Date: [1880..]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Farm Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging-gate, the combination of a plate provided with notches upon its upper outer end and connected to the upper end of the inner gate-post, a lever pivoted to the plate and connected with the upper pintle of the gate, a latch pivoted to the lever and extending down through a slot therein to engage with the notches in the plate, and suitable cords and pulleys for operating the latch and lever" (lines 17-26).
Date: July 7, 1885
Creator: Akin, Leonidas T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Metal structures on a farm]

Description: Photograph of cylindrical metal structures on a farm. The structures are placed on wooden tracks. A man stands next to one of the structures with his back to the camera. A shed with a tin roof can be seen.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Mule in Paddock]

Description: Photograph of a dark-colored mule with its head down, standing inside a paddock with a barb wire and wooden fence, near the wooden gate. The fence is attached to a small tree, and another paddock sits on the other side of the fence. In the background, a small wooden shed sits on the border of an area of underbrush.
Date: [1900..1929]
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Photograph of the Stiles Plant Farm]

Description: Photograph of the Stiles Plant Farm. A long, low building with nine sets of doors stands in a field under a clear sky. The words, "Stiles Plant Farm" are written at the top of the photograph.
Date: [1900..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Priddy, Texas, Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of a cotton gin farm with several wagons full of cotton being pulled by horses or mules visible alongside workers in the foreground. Two barn-like structures are side by side in the mid ground to the left, and a large field is visible in the distant background.
Date: 1900
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

Three Berndt Brothers

Description: Copy negative of three Berndt family brothers standing outside their home and farm in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. There is a large, two-story home on the left side of the image, and there are several barns pictured on the right. There is a large cotton field in the foreground. From left to right, the brothers pictured are Helvig, Anders and Jens Berndt.
Date: 1900
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Baling-press

Description: Patent for a baling-press that will prevent hay or other material from jamming the mechanisms used to bale it.
Date: December 8, 1900
Creator: Dennis, Felix Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper for thinning young cotton plants that is cheaper to make and more efficient than previous models.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Sterling, Rufus Taylor
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.

Description: Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Brooks, John L. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a straddle-row cultivator that has bracing of the parts, adjustable shovels and standards, and allows for varying depths of digging.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Lindsay, Horace
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that is simpler, more durable, and cheaper to make than previous ones and allows for easier adjustments in plowing depth.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Henry, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate, which can be opened from either direction without leaving the vehicle being driven through the gate.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Jordan, Willis Hammelton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from Charles B. Selby to J. A. Kemp, November 7, 1907]

Description: Letter from Charles B. Selby to J. A. Kemp discussing an assignment from Joseph Galaske, who recently purchased land from Kemp. Galaske expects that he can pay the remaining balance through the sale of his farm. Selby advises Kemp to make a copy of the assignment and send the original to the local Farmer's and Merchant's Bank. Selby wants to protect Galaske.
Date: November 7, 1907
Creator: Selby, Charles B.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Conrad Knudson Farm

Description: Conrad Knudson two-story farmhouse, built 1905 by Geof & Gunner Shefsted, in Mustang Community, near Meridian, TX. House behind picket fence has large, pointed dormers, front porch. Windmill, round building with pointed roof. In front of house: man with a horse, man with 3 women and 3 young girls. Large barn built 1909, flock of chickens, cow, donkey and dog, shows other outbuildings to right.
Date: 1910
Partner: Bosque County Historical Commission
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