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Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).

Date: February 15, 1881

Creator: Owens, Harrison

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Child's Crib.

Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).

Date: March 15, 1881

Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick Press.

Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).

Date: September 6, 1881

Creator: Thomas, John S.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, December 15 1881]

Hood County tax receipt for Milton Parks for the year of 1881 in the amount of nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. The document is dated December 15, 1881.

Date: December 15, 1881

Creator: Stribling, J.H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Letter from Smith Rudd to R.P. Crockett, June 1881]

Letter from Smith Rudd to R.P. Crockett. The letter is dated June, 1881.

Date: June 1881

Creator: Rudd, Smith

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, March 13 1881]

Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents. The letter is dated March 13, 1881. Fannie Curits was born October 27, 1852 and died Jan 18, 1898. She was the widow of J.C. Curtis.

Date: March 13, 1881

Creator: Curtis, Fannie

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, March 5 1881]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the year of 1880 in the amount of eight dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Date: March 5, 1881

Creator: Morris, J.R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co., 1881

Photograph of the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co., 1881. The building is three stories tall with stairs on the side and a covered sidewalk with a banner. The building is surrounded by a dirt road and many large telephone poles and wires. Written at the top of the frame is, "Fox Newspaper" and at the bottom is, "Office and East 2nd Sts, Fort Worth."

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

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