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[News Script: Old homes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 13th annual historical pilgrimage of old homes in Jefferson, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Furniture-Handle.

Description: Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Frank, Gustav
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Garment-Fitting Device.

Description: Patent for a garment fitting device made up of a series of measuring tapes that when laid out on cloth after fitting will be held in place by diagonal cross-tapes.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Mary M.
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Railroad-Track Brace.

Description: Patent for a railroad track brace, which holds the railroad ties in place and supports the track in case of one of the ties breaking.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Kelly, William D.
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Telegraph-Key.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in telegraph keys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Lewis, Frank E.
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Saw-Guide

Description: Patent for a new and useful saw guide, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Leaf, John Alfred
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Map of Marion County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Marion County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Terrell, O. O.
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove in front of a large flower bush, wearing a dark-colored jacket with a lace collar and skirt. Behind the bush is a small building with clapboard siding and rain gutters. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove, October 1920."
Date: October 1920
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Nannye Lea Foster next to Rose Bush]

Description: Photograph of Nannye Lea Foster standing next to a large blooming rose bush. She wears a heavy-looking coat, a thick muffler, and hat. Her right hand is outreached to hold on to a rose from the bush. A hand written note on the back reads, "Miss Nannye Lea Foster, Jefferson, Tex.," and a note on the front reads, "'Roses midwinter.'"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Three Men in Front of House]

Description: Photograph of three men standing side by side in front of a large house on piers, all wearing dark-colored suits and hats. The man in the middle has his right hand on the shoulder of the man on the left. Visible on the house are four dormers, wraparound porch with railing and columns, and twelve windows. A hand written note on the back reads, "Left to right: Harvey Pruitt, Stewart Foster, Terrell Foster, May - 1918."
Date: May 1918
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 637.
Date: 1960
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 619.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
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Grip for Cable Cars.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grips for cable cars: "and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple and cheap grip by which the wear on the cable will be diminished to the minimum, and which shall be composed of few parts, those readily assembled and not liable t get ont of order, and in which practically all the wear comes upon the grip and not upon the cable" (line 14-21).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Washington, Dixon E.
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Treadle-Spring.

Description: Patent for an improved treadle spring to be used in treadles that are used in sewing machines, scroll-saws, and similar machines. It is simple, inexpensive, efficient, and requires less effort to operate the treadle. The spring does not move while in use.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Frank, Gustav, Jr.
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Car Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
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Bill or Paper File.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bill or paper file. This design "relates to hook-files, the object being to so improve their construction as to prevent the bills or papers on the file from working off. The invention consists, essentially, in a file provided with a tongue pivoted near the point of the hook" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 9, 1887
Creator: Gilbert, Frank B.
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Hand-Car.

Description: Patent for improvements in hand-cars by “providing gearing operated by cranks, on the shaft of which are arranged triangular balance devices, the cranks being adjustable by means of set-screws of other analogous means, so that they may be made to operate the wheels in either direction desired.” (Lines 24-29) Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Lo Casto, Tony
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Improvement in Spark-Arresters.

Description: Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the… more
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Lochner, Casper F.
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Protector for Trunks or Shipping-Cases.

Description: Patent for trunk protectors "which can be readily attached and detached from the receptacle, and when attached will protect each corner." (lines 20-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 29, 1891
Creator: Jennings, Joseph Joshua
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Motive Power.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 14, 1881
Creator: Gibson, Obadiah William
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