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Gin.

Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).

Date: December 12, 1911

Creator: Murray, Stephen D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.

Date: December 12, 1911

Creator: Murray, Stephen D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Gin #2

1 copy negative of Malone's Cotton Gin. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front of the cotton gin.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cotton Gin #1

1 copy negative of Malone's Cotton Gin. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front of the cotton gin.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[M.A. Eaton Gin]

M.A. Eaton Gin. Henrietta, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in the construction of steam cotton presses using a change in the frame and use of hydraulic-pressure pumps to operate the press. The pumps are driven by steam

Date: October 15, 1889

Creator: Turnpaugh, James William

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Byers Cotton Gin]

Byers Cotton Gin. Photo built 1907: Byers, Texas.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.

Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.

Date: December 10, 1878

Creator: Donovan, John T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Brown Cottin Gin]

Brown Cottin Gin. Photo circa 1920: Bluegrove, Texas.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Cotton Gin Workers]

Cotton Gin workers posing for picture. Photo circa 1890. Henrietta, Texas.

Date: 1890~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Cotton Compress]

Photograph of an early cotton compress in Longview, Texas. When cotton was brought in to Longview, it was left in stacks on the street in front of F. T. Rembert's office. Eventually, the street where Rembert's office and businesses were located was named Cotton Street.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Longview Public Library

Selz Cotton Gin

Bales of cotton are lined up in the foreground while the gin and the two-story Selz family house are in the background at the Selz Cotton Gin.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

Cotton Compress & Bales

Color postcard of cotton compress and warehouse with cotton bales ready to ship.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Taylor Public Library

Cotton Bales on Truck

Photograph of three men on a truck stacked with bales of cotton. Truck is in front of warehouses.

Date: 1920

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Taylor Public Library

Cotton Harvest

Photograph of baled cotton coming being delivered to the warehouses prior to shipping by rail.

Date: September 11, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Taylor Public Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 18, 1949, Page 1]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner providing updates on the cotton production and harvest in Sugar Land, Texas. Daniel also discusses potential difficulties with preparing vegetable crops.

Date: August 18, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 24, 1949 Page 1]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing the profit yields of various cotton plantations. Daniel also mentions that he intends to make a trip to Plantersville since it had been over a month since he had last been, along with the fact that Plantersville will be employing additional worker due to recently laying some off.

Date: August 24, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 24, 1949 Page 2]

Page two of original letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner. Daniel explains the progress that was made on the Kempners' compress machinery, and also details his high hopes for having a good export year.

Date: August 24, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 18, 1949, Page 2]

Second page of a letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing cotton production. Daniel mentions the poor property maitenance that he witnessed on his trip, and emphasizes how the lack of property care is going to lead to costly repairs. Daniel also urges I. H. to consider investing in more mechanical means to do farm work and harvests.

Date: August 18, 1949

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to T. L. James, February 8, 1951]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Thos. L. James discussing a cotton gin in Mackay, Texas that must be evaluated with the goal of moving it. Letters from Bill Smith and a Mr. Hall were enclosed.

Date: February 8, 1951

Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr., to Harris Leon Kempner, 1963]

Handwritten letter from Harris Leon "Shrub" Kempner, Jr., to his father discussing a trip to Mexicali, reporting when the gin there will be operational and when the cotton crop should be delivered. He discusses the attributes of a person named Paco who is running the operations there. He also provides details of money spent on the trip and requests a refund.

Date: 1963-08~

Creator: Kempner, Harris L. (Harris Leon), 1940-

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, May 4, 1954]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner discussing the Murray 90 Safety Gins, comparisons with other gins, and difficulties in choosing the best equipment. It also mentions a government check received for excess profit taxes and financial details related to operations in Mexico.

Date: May 4, 1954

Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner and Harris L. Kempner, January 4, 1954]

Letter from Issac H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner and Harris L. Kempner discussing a letter he sent to Tom James with a business inquiry for the Motor Company and discussing the inspection of cotton gins in Mexico by their Sugar Land ginner Phillips.

Date: January 4, 1954

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from J. H. Villard Incorporated to Mr. H. Kempner, April 4, 1957]

Letter from Jacques H. Villard to Harris L. Kempner confirming the shipment of an 18th century engraving of a cotton plantation, describing what the engraving shows, and the enclosure of other engravings in the shipment.

Date: April 4, 1957

Creator: J. H. Villard Incorporated

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library