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[Anton Wessendorff.]

Copy print of an 1860 charcoal portrait of Anton Wessendorff, taken from a book. Wessendorff is visible from the chest up and is wearing a dark jacket and tie with a light-colored shirt; he also has a full beard and mustache.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Belter Victorian settee with old rose upholstery.

Belter Victorian settee with old rose upholstery. The back has two large, round upholstered sections (one on either end) and a lower center piece with some upholstery and decorative latticework. The wooden frame has several carved decorations on the arms, legs, and other segments.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Physical Object

[Businesses built along railroad]

Photograph of business buildings built about 1915 along a railroad. The Brazos River Bridge (railroad bridge) can be seen on far right. A wooden ledge built next to the railroad tracks is visible in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Calvary Episcopal Church in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the old Calvary Episcopal Church in Richmond, Texas. White, wooden building with tall tower above front entrance (has three windows) with a cross at the top. There is a window on either side of the double (closed) door entrance; the windows have arched insets. There are trees on the left of photo.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Cartridge case buckle, small rectangular buckle piece.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Chest of tools possibly belonging to Anton B. Wessendorff]

It is believed that this chest and tools belonged to Anton B. Wessendorff, a cabinet maker who came to America from Germany about 1850 when he was about 20 yrs old. He started a small cabinet shop in Richmond about 1855 adding a small line of lumber and nails as demand developed. He also began making and finishing caskets.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Chest of tools possibly belonging to Anton B. Wessendorff]

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Closed Round Container]

Round container with an octagonal lid.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Dodge and Washburn barbed wire, Patented January 4, 1882

Date: January 4, 1882

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand, Baker type hanging barbed wire

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand barbed wire, Glidden winner, Patented November 24, 1874

Date: November 24, 1874

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand barbed wire, M.C. Shinn, patented March 1, 1881

Date: March 1, 1881

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand barbed wire, N.G. Ross, Patented June 10, 1879

Date: June 10, 1879

Item Type: Physical Object

Double Strand barbed wire, Slit Diamond, 4 pt. Unknown Date

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Double strand, C.C. Baker flat barbed wire.]

Double strand, C.C.Baker flat barbed wire, modification of patent, February 17, 1883

Date: February 17, 1883

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand. Dodge and Washburn reverse. January 4, 1882

Date: January 4, 1882

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand, Forked Tongue Brotherton Barbed wire

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand, horse barbed wire

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand, Imported Glidden type barbed wire. No Date.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Double strand, modern wire, Dodge and Washburn barbed wire.]

Double strand, modern wire, Dodge and Washburn type, halfround barb. No date.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Double strand, Planter barbed wire

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

[Double strand, single line wide wrapped barbed wire.]

Double strand, single line wide wrapped barbed wire, M. Daley, October 29, 1878

Date: October 29, 1878

Item Type: Physical Object

[Fishing rod]

Fishing rod that has a long yellowish-white rod with five [Blank] attached with yellow and black [Blank]. The handle is green painted metal. The cork grip is missing, mostly likely rotted off. The reel is a cylinder shape and is silver in color. It has four thin bars separating the two flat ends of the reel, and one big bar, the spool in the center with cloth string wrapped around it. One side has a crank for winding the string. It has yellow handles that have been painted black.

Date: 1960

Item Type: Physical Object

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887

Date: September 3, 1887

Item Type: Physical Object

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[Anton Wessendorff.]

Belter Victorian settee with old rose upholstery.

[Businesses built along railroad]

[Calvary Episcopal Church in Richmond, Texas]

Cartridge case buckle, small rectangular buckle piece.

[Chest of tools possibly belonging to Anton B. Wessendorff]

[Chest of tools possibly belonging to Anton B. Wessendorff]

[Closed Round Container]

Dodge and Washburn barbed wire, Patented January 4, 1882

Double strand, Baker type hanging barbed wire

Double strand barbed wire, Glidden winner, Patented November 24, 1874

Double strand barbed wire, M.C. Shinn, patented March 1, 1881

Double strand barbed wire, N.G. Ross, Patented June 10, 1879

Double Strand barbed wire, Slit Diamond, 4 pt. Unknown Date

[Double strand, C.C. Baker flat barbed wire.]

Double strand. Dodge and Washburn reverse. January 4, 1882

Double strand, Forked Tongue Brotherton Barbed wire

Double strand, horse barbed wire

Double strand, Imported Glidden type barbed wire. No Date.

[Double strand, modern wire, Dodge and Washburn barbed wire.]

Double strand, Planter barbed wire

[Double strand, single line wide wrapped barbed wire.]

[Fishing rod]

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887