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Knife

Knife

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Folding knife with ivory handles and German silver mounts; brass and steel body; marked "Licot/Namur" on blade
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Knife case

Knife case

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Gambler's concealed knife (a) with ivory handle and gold- colored steel blade; case (b) is black leather with red thread
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Bowie knife and sheath

Bowie knife and sheath

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Steel Bowie knife (a) with brass hilt, wooden handle and black leather sheath (b) with brass top and belt loop; marked "E.I." "AC" in handle
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Cleaver

Cleaver

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Forged iron cleaver with wooden handle; metal of blade extends through wooden handle, which is held on by a square nut; blade end of handle has metal sleeve to prevent splitting
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Meat Market on Market Street]

[Meat Market on Market Street]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an old-time meat market on Market Street in Orange, Texas. The meat cutter holding the butcher knife in his hand is George Prejean at the age of 17 years. The man on the far left is Jim Mousen with Mr. Grubbs standing beside him.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Workers in an unidentified butcher shop]

[Workers in an unidentified butcher shop]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an unidentified man and boy working in a butcher shop. The man is working with a rack of ribs, and the boy is holding a knife at another workstation. More large pieces of meat are hung in the background. In front of the men, a cashier is located on a counter, and two scales hang above the counter top.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing

Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing

Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Description: Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Description: Box top - labeled "No Slip' Caponizing Set" Montgomery Ward & Co.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

["No-Slip Caponizing Set"]

Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Description: Bottom of box
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Elevator for caponizing poultry]

[Elevator for caponizing poultry]

Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Description: Elevator for caponizing poultry,
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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