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Portrait of a Woman #1

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Mallie Butler wearing a high collared dress and jewelry. She was an Abilene society belle. The photograph was taken by Kavanaugh in Abilene, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of a Woman #2

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Mallie Butler wearing a high collared dress and jewelry. She was an Abilene society belle. The photograph was taken by Kavanaugh in Abilene, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from the Trans-State Oil Company to R. B. McMillen, January 23, 1935]

Description: Letter from Claude Kavanaugh, of the Trans-State Oil Company, to R. B. McMillen concerning the value of Big Indian properties being highly valuable and "are going to be mad more valuable." This letter is in response to the huge amount of mail received by the unite holders from his original general letter. Also included is a flash announcement which, at the end, asks the unit holders to "sign and send in the enclosed proxy so that we may represent you...to defeat the present sale of the proper… more
Date: January 23, 1935
Creator: Kavanaugh, Claude
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

Metallic Compound.

Description: Patent for "the process of making alloys for journal-bearings" (lines 42-43) of more durable quality than those formed with "brass and bronzes" (line 10).
Date: August 4, 1885
Creator: Kavanaugh, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Separating Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved seed separator. This design "provide[s] a machine for [separating seeds] in which the grinding and separating actions will be performed continuously and in a more automatic manner, dispensing with the work of the hand, requiring a less amount of water, and at the same time performing the grinding and separating actions in a more rapid and perfect manner" (lines 29-36).
Date: November 30, 1880
Creator: Blocker, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dumping-Car.

Description: Patent for a dumping-car that "can be operated by two men to discharge its contents with a comparatively small amount of exertion on the part of the operators" (lines 14-17). The car is developed to hold gravel, &c., and can be easily dumped.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Dunman, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Support for Electric Lights.

Description: Patent for "supporting devices for electric-arc lamps, the object being to provide a device which will automatically release itself when the lamp is to be lowered and which then the lamp is raised to the point of suspension will automatically catch and hold the lamp in suspended position." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Walsh, James J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tube-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive tube-cutter meant to cut boiler flues or tubes in order to remove or replace the tubes or flues. The tube cutter doesn't spread the tube and allows the tubes to be withdrawn through the holes after cutting them.
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Fitzpatrick, John James Kelsoe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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