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[Soldering iron]

Description: Soldering iron with a copper plated head, four sided with a pyramid point, with an octagonal body of head. At the back of the head there is a long painted black iron neck that has been inserted into the head. The neck ends in a point. The wooden handle is removable and fits over the pointed end of the neck. It is a turned handle that split in half and been repaired with black electrical tape. There is also metal wire wrapped around the base of the handle where the split originated. Three … more
Date: 1895
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Rusty Pliers]

Description: Pliers that are hinged at top and then has four textured holes, and then has parallel handles of which one ends in a clasp that hooks the two handles together. On the handle without a clasp, written on the inside, is "M KLEIN & SONS"
Date: 1895
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Stanley Bailey No. 28 transitional fore plane]

Description: Stanley Bailey No. 28 transitional fore plane. Has a beech wood stock with what looks similar to an iron plane screwed to the top. The front of the iron setting starts 5.2 cm from the face/sole and ends 6.2 cm before the heel. Between the iron and wood is a thin wooden board that has been cut into the shape of the iron piece. At the front of the iron is a mushroom shaped knob which is screwed on. The iron is not very wide here but gets wider towards the center where it takes on a rectangul… more
Date: 1885
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Back Cover of File on Jack Ruby]

Description: Back cover of intelligence file on Jack Ruby.
Date: [1963..1964]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Natural wicker sewing stand]

Description: Natural wicker sewing stand with curved legs and a rectangular bottom basket and a top basket. Original paper label underneath top basket reads "NO".
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Pink velvet upholstered side chair]

Description: Pink velvet upholstered side chair. Carved bow decoration at crest of back. Supposedly was original to McFarlane House.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Pink velvet upholstered settee]

Description: Pink velvet upholstered settee. Carved bow decoration at crest of back. Supposedly was original to McFarlane House.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Wooden chest with iron fixtures]

Description: Wooden chest with iron fixtures. The top is covered with a sheet of tin fastened with nails around the perimeter. Handles on either side of the box. Box is hand made, and seems designed to have an inner shelf. EMPTY.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Pink velvet upholstered side chair]

Description: Pink velvet upholstered side chair. Carved bow decoration at crest of back. Supposedly was original to McFarlane House.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Pink velvet upholstered side chair]

Description: Pink velvet upholstered side chair. Carved bow decoration at crest of back. Supposedly was original to McFarlane House.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Scythe belonging to Charles Thomas White]

Description: Scythe belonging to Charles Thomas White, who founded Richmond Irrigation. b. 1894, d. 1970. Scythe is wooden with two handles, one at the bottom and one in the middle. The blade is attached by a bolted on bracket.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Black metal covered manual typewriter]

Description: (a) Manual typewriter. Black metal. (b) case cover-black metal with wooden handle. (c) white cloth cover with green stitching. (d) case bottom - wood with metal rod to hold top on.
Date: 1906
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Microscope

Description: Microscope
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal.]

Description: Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal. The large bowl tapers into grinding blades. There is a large wheel to hand turn blades. Imprinted on the wheel: "ENTERPRISE M'F'G CO. PHILADELPHIA U.S.A. #23409". Imprinted on the hub that holds the blades and the wheel: "ENTERPRISE GRIST MILL NO. 60".
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Rusty L-shaped carpenter's square]

Description: Rusty L-shaped carpenter's square with the vertical part longer and wider than the horizontal part. The square is marked off in inches: outer edge, 24 in. horizontally and 16 in. vertically. The inside is marked 22.5 in. horizontally and 14 in. vertically. Straight down the middle of the longer part it is marked starting at 1 ending with 21in. The other side of the square is the exact same except for one marking in the corner where the two parts meet. STANLEY _… more
Date: 1885
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

William Jennings Bryan campaign button

Description: William Jennings Bryan for President campaign button. Round celluloid button, metal back, no pin. Image of Bryan is a head and shoulders. He wears a dark suit with bow tie and white shirt. Text on lower right reads, "WM J BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT."
Date: 1896/1908
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Angle brace]

Description: Angle brace. Will drill at 45 degree angle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Wood punch set]

Description: Wood punch set (a,b) with interchangeable tips (c-i). Hollow hardwood punch (a) with screw off butt (b) and metal clamp to hold tips. Tips of varying shapes and lengths: (c ) flat, 4.2 cm; (d) flat 5.1 cm ; (e) diamond 6.2 cm; (f) drill bit 5.0 cm; (g) flat 4.0 cm; (h) square 4.0 cm (I) is in the clamp and could not be removed for identification or marking. Belonged to Amos Edward Stanton (1850-1921), who came to west Houston in 1900. Date range of 1880-1910 extrapolated from Stanton's life… more
Date: 1900
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Draw knife with folding handles]

Description: Draw knife with folding handles. Ratchet mechanism for positioning handles is unlocked by pulling on bolts next to the junction of the handles and blade.
Date: 1900
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Garden rake head]

Description: The garden rake head has fourteen identical tines all in a row. In between and below the middle two tines is the cone shaped case into which the wooden handle would be inserted.
Date: 1880
Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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