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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
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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
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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
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[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]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Partner: Bosque County Historical Commission

Jens H. Berndt Home

Description: Copy negative of the family home and farm of Jens H. Berndt, in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. The two-story family home is pictured on the right side of the image. There is a barn and a windmill on the left side of the image. There is an unidentified man in the center of the photograph riding in a small carriage pulled by two donkeys.
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Sinton Country Home]

Description: Photograph of a Sinton country home that sits on 6 acres of land. Flowerbeds can be seen around the exterior of the house. Handwritten text on the front of the photograph: "Sinton Country Home." Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "6 acre farm home near Sinton, year 1911, purchased by J. J. White."
Date: 1911
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Partner: Sinton Texas Historical Museum

Insect-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for dislodging, collecting, and destroying bugs and weevils by shaking pests from cotton bushes and crushing them.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Brooks, John Thomas
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soren Jensen/Peter Jensen Home

Description: Photograph of a farmstead in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Soren and Peter Jensen. Photograph was taken at a distance from the buildings, capturing a large portion of the cotton plantation that accompanying information states was being cultivated. Past the cotton, on the left side, there is a two-story house with an intersecting gable roof. One double-hung window is visible on the top floor. In the middle, there appears to be a windmill, and past it, towards the right of the photograph, there a… more
Date: 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[O. A. Peterson Farm]

Description: Photograph of a pen on the O. A. Peterson Farm in Roanoke, Texas. Several turkeys are standing in the pen and one has its tail feathers spread. At the back of the pen, there is a large wooden poultry house and several smaller, light-colored birds in the windows and just outside. On the right side of the photo, there is a wire fence and a field is visible in the background.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Browder, H. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
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