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Cotton Ball Harvester

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: Monk, R. W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Two Young Men]

Description: Photograph of 2 people. There are two images with two front, torso poses. The subjects are facing front. Two young men are pictured. In the left image, a young man is standing in a dark suit. Next to him on the left, a younger boy is standing, also wearing a dark suit. In the right image, the older boy is seated. The younger boy is standing with his left hand on the older boy's shoulder.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portrait of Girl]

Description: Photograph of 1 person. The girl is photographed in one full-length, front-facing pose. She is sitting in a chair. The girl is wearing a bonnet, a floral-print dress, socks, and sandals. Her hair is covered by the bonnet. The envelope holding the negative says "Maurice Suter - Baby" and "Mobeetie, TX."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portraits of Girl in Fur Coat]

Description: Photograph of 1 person. The girl is photographed in two bust-length poses. She is in front-facing in the first image, and slight left-facing in the second image. She is wearing a dark-colored fur coat. Her hair is short with bangs. Text on the envelope holding the negative says "Ing - Mobeetie."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

Wheeled Scraper

Description: Patent for an improvement to scrapers so that "the handling of the scraper-bowl to load, convey, and discharge the dirt may be accomplished with little or no labor on the part of the operator" (lines 14-19).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Rath, Charles
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the casing having apertured ears and a front plate, of the rack-bolt having a head beveled on its rear face to fit a corresponding beveled opening in the front plate, the pinion, and the spindle, the beveled head being adapted to enter the beveled opening of the front plate and lie flush with the outer surface of said front plate" (lines 77-85).
Date: March 30, 1886
Creator: Gibbon, Richard
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Scraper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved road scraper. Prior to this design, "difficulty has been experienced in . . . discharging the dirt from the pan or bowl . . . It is the object of [the] present invention to . . . obviate the difficulty mentioned, and to construct a scraper which will be practically self-dumping . . . the invention consists . . . in a scraper in which the bowl is divided with the rear section hinged at the back in such manner as that when allowed to drop it will dump the contained … more
Date: February 11, 1890
Creator: Rath, Charles
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Flying-Machine.

Description: Patent for a flying machine consisting of a cigar-shaped balloon guided by a light-weight gasoline engine.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.
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Fly Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fly-trap. This design "is to produce a fly-trap the bait-pan of which will be operated by certain mechanism to bring it under the trap, and in such a manner that the flies will be compelled to fly into the trap, and thus be captured. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective fly-trap" (lines 13-19).
Date: May 7, 1889
Creator: Russell, George Washington
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Safety-Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a safety stirrup that will reliably open when pressure is applied to the sides.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Group of schoolchildren]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified children standing in front of a stone building, probably the school at Mobeetie. They are seated and standing in rows, with the youngest children in front. Some young adults are also included and may be the teacher or teachers at the school.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Interior View of J. J. Long's Store]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of J. J. Long's Store in Mobeetie, Texas. Four men are standing in the store; they are identified as Sam Mooris, Johnny Long, Pete Long, and Mansel Coffee. To the left of the image, one man is standing behind a counter. A glass display case filled with products is sitting on top of it. Behind the counter, several shelves filled with products line the wall. To the right of the image, two men are standing behind a seed display. Signs on the display say "D. M. … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Interior View of General Store]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a general store, also identified as Lee Hardware store in Mobeetie, Texas. One man is standing beside a stack of metal buckets. Another man is leaning against a glass display counter. In the foreground, there are barrels and stacks of buckets on the ground, and corn cobs hanging from a post. In the background, there are various products, including wooden chairs and ceramic dinnerware.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portrait of a Man, a Woman, and a Baby]

Description: Photograph of 3 people. This portrait is of a man and a woman sitting next to each other and a baby sitting on the woman's lap. The photograph's envelope says the name Maurice Suter. The man is wearing a button-down shirt and slacks and the woman is wearing a dress and glasses. The baby is wearing a gown and a bonnet. The man and the woman are holding hands and the man has arm around the woman. The woman is also holding the baby and they are all looking directly at the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portrait of Two Men Playing Cards]

Description: Photograph of 2 people. The men are photographed in one full-length pose. The fist man is sitting on a stool in right side-facing, and he is looking down at cards in his hands. The second man is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, in slight left-facing, and he is looking down at cards in his hands. There is a table in between the two men, with cards sitting on top of it. The first man is wearing a light-colored, button-down shirt, a tie, dark-colored slacks, and shoes. His hair brus… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portrait of Two Girls]

Description: Photograph of 2 people. The young girls are photographed in one full-length pose. One girl is sitting on the left chair arm in right three-quarter facing with her head turned forward, and the other girl is standing on the seat of the chair in front-facing. The girl on the left is wearing a plaid-print dress, dark-colored stockings, and shoes. Her hair is short with bangs. The girl on the right is wearing a light-colored dress, dark-colored stockings, and shoes. Her hair is short.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portrait of Woman and Baby]

Description: Photograph of 2 people. The woman and baby, one person identified as N. A. Scribner, are photographed in one full, length pose. The woman is sitting in torso-length view, and the baby is sitting in her lap in full-length view. The woman is wearing a hat, a dark-colored jacket, and skirt. Her hair is covered by the hat. The baby is wearing a light-colored gown with lace trim, stockings, and shoes. His/Her hair is brushed to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Portraits of a Woman]

Description: Photograph of 1 person. This image is of two portraits of the bust of a woman. The photograph's envelope says the name Ellis, but does not indicate its significance to the photograph. The woman is wearing what appears to be a blouse with a necklace and earrings. She is sitting slightly turned to the left and in the first photograph, her head is tilted and in the second photograph she is sitting up. She is looking directly at the camera in both photographs.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Interior View of First State Bank]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of First State Bank in Mobeetie, Texas. One man is standing at a counter to the right of the image, and is looking down at papers in his hand. The counter has books, stamps, a pencil sharpener, and other miscellaneous objects on it. Another man is standing at a machine located in floor space between the counter and a safe; he is looking down at an open book. Both of the men are wearing dark-colored suits. An open safe with various papers and boxes inside of i… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
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Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum
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