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A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Description: Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Mail-Box Hanger

Description: Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Bell, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling

Description: Patent for an air-brake coupling for railroad cars which connects cars automatically and can be fully controlled by the train engineer in the engine.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: McMillan, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a tool sharpener for various farm equipment such as plows or tools.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Kirksey, Elijah F. & Stegall, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Alarm.

Description: Patent for an alarm designed to attach to windows or entryways and sound to alert residents of a burglary attempt, with illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1906
Creator: Hobbs, Francis Marion
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Box.

Description: Patent for a mail box, which is movable to allow it to be drawn closer to the road for mail delivery and then put back in its original position.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Mills, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carpenter's Jack

Description: Patent for a carpenter's jack specifically designed for "carpenters or workmen in laying flooring, putting up siding, or any similar operations" (lines 9-11).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: McCulley, Perry J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a subsoil plow that is adjustable and includes a root cutter.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: West, William O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coupling

Description: Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Attachment

Description: Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is used to provide stalk-cutting the stalks and chopping of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Nicks, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buggy-Top Support.

Description: Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Mason, Everett H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Lock

Description: Patent for an invention which improves "the construction of sash locks" for "great strength and durability" (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Baker, Howard Allen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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