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[News Script: Brush fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a brush fire that burned across 600 acres of farm land near Brady.
Date: October 7, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Gate.

Description: Patent for a farm gate, which can be opened from a vehicle and stays open until a second operation is performed to close the gate.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Matthews, Joseph William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Signal.

Description: Patent for a new Railroad-Signal invention. The Railroad-Signal functions as an improved device for alerting locomotive engineers that an upcoming bridge is broken, flooded, or on fire.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Waddle, Calvin H. & Roberston, Everett C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Description: Patent for a window sash holder, which is thinner and fits more easily in shallower recesses.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Gabbart, Elihu E.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve for use as part of a tank filling apparatus, which is easy to attach.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: McKnight, Samuel E.
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Tie.

Description: Patent for a railway tie that has a stronger attachment to the rails than other models.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Wade, James T.
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Neck-Yoke or Tongue Attachment

Description: Patent for a neck-yoke or tongue attachment. It is adapted for use with any "type of breast-bar, neck-yoke, or tongue and pole equipped vehicles" (lines 12-14).
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Davis, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment For Horse Powers

Description: Patent for attachment for horse powers. This invention is an attachment for the power transmission for hay presses. Illustration included.
Date: May 31, 1904
Creator: Gentry, Arthur Q. & Burk, Jasper A.
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Gate

Description: Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Matthews, Joseph William
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Wheel Straightening Machine

Description: Patent for wheel straightening machine. This invention is designed for straightening light or heavy wagon wheels when the spokes become loosened and the wheel is excessively dished" (9-11). Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Mayse, Jordan Stewart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheelwright-Machine

Description: Patent for a hand-operated wheelwright machine designed for drilling the tires of a vehicle for means of holding tire retaining bolts.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Robbins, James M.
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Urinal.

Description: Patent for a urinal that is worn by women who have incontinence that is better attached to the waistband.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Sherman, Mattie L.
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Extensible Ladder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful Extensible Ladder. The improved Extensible Ladder is comprised of a ladder on each side of the structure, extendable platform, and guard rails.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Putman, Lewis S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheeled Scraper.

Description: Patent for improvements on the scoop-like body of a wheeled scraper. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1909
Creator: Robbins, John Proctor
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Postcard, Building Exteriors

Description: Copy photograph of two images. The top image shows the Queen Hotel and syndicate building in Brady, Texas. The hotel and syndicate building are two-storey buildings facing a street. Horses are visible in the bottom left. The text at top says, "Queen Hotel and Syndicate Building, Brady, Texas." The bottom image shows a street scene in Brady, Texas. Pictured are the Central Drug Store, McGinnis Drug Co. and a grocery store. Several people can be seen standing outside the Central Drug Store. The t… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

McCulloch County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of McCulloch County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1904
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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