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[News Script: Tumbleweed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the town of Colorado City being designated the "Tumbleweed Capital" of the United States and the subsequent festivities marking the occasion.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cleaning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock-Weaner.

Description: Patent for improvements in stock weaners. The invention is used for weaning cattle and "may be applied to either the parent or the offspring to prevent abstraction of the lacteal fluid from the udder by either. The purpose of the invention is to devise a device of the character and for the purpose aforesaid which will be simple, effective, light, not interfere with grazing or feeding, and which can be easily and quickly placed in position without the use of tools and adapted to be readily remov… more
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Looby, Hiram R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Tool for Manipulating Wire

Description: Patent for a combination tool for manipulating wire, "a convenient hand-tool for bending, straightening, shortening, and otherwise manipulating the wires ordinarily used in the construction of fences," (lines 10-14).
Date: September 23, 1902
Creator: Cullen, Edwin C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Machine

Description: Patent for an ice machine particularly designed for people who are unable to obtain ice from regular manufacturers. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: McCall, Jacob C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reboiler

Description: Patent for a reboiler designed to remove the air from water so that it may be formed into ice. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Carley, Claud G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle

Description: Patent for device for improvement of speed of bicycle, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: Schooler, Joseph P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter that attaches to a cultivator and will move up if it hits an obstacle.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Bird, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Display-Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a display case for fabric, which allows the shade of the fabric and price to be easily seen, while protecting the fabric from dust.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Payne, Victor Duain
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for an improved cultivator that is easy to guide and operate, possesses increased durability, and is inexpensive to construct.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Foster, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Parade

Description: Copy photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Six White Horses in a parade in Colorado City, Texas. The riders, all women, carry the six flags of Texas. There is a store behind called Landaus. A crowd watches from the side of the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People on Picnic

Description: Copy negative of two images, the top image is of a a man an three women wearing nice clothes and hats. Behind them is a fence, bushes and a building. The bottom image is of a man and three women holding what seem to be vegetables out on a field. Behind them there is a fence leading down a road with a building at the end of it and a windmill in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Girl with Baby in Stroller

Description: Copy negative of a picture of a young girl pushing a baby in a stroller. The girl is wearing a dress with a belt, the baby is wearing a gown. In the background there is a fence door and trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Woman in Yard

Description: Copy negative of an unknown woman holding what seems to be a kitten in her hands. She is wearing a long light dress out in a yard in front of a house.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Woman in Garden

Description: Copy negative of Annie Gregg wearing a casual dress and a bandana with her arms crossed. In the background there is a big house with a picket fence around it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Children on Ladder

Description: Copy negative of a big group of children standing under a wooden ladder, with different ones poking through the steps. In the background there is a house with a small porch.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Baby on Porch

Description: Copy photograph of a baby playing on the porch of a wooden house. The baby is playing with a teddy bear on a chair that's been tipped on its side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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