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Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Patent for "corn-planters in which the corn is planted in hills or rows; and the particular features of [the] invention consist in the combination, with a pivoted rising and descending charger or cup, of a sleeve-seat for said charger, a charger-carrying stem, and the seed-hopper, whereby the charger is held and carried in position upon a seat to fill, to rise from said seat, and to dump upon its pivot, and to be again brought into and maintained in a vertical position upon said seat while desc… more

Date: May 5, 1874

Creator: Williams, Blasius & Cohn, Morris

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Daily Jimplecute (Jefferson, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1874

Daily newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: October 30, 1874

Creator: Taylor, Ward, Jr.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Portrait of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin]

Photograph of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin (Mrs. John M. Rankin) (1818-1886). The portrait shows the sitter in a three-quarter pose from head to waist, and it is mounted on a carte de visite. Her hair is parted and pulled back behind her ears. She is wearing a dark dress with buttons up the front and a lace collar pinned at her neck. The photographer's imprint on the back of the card is: "J. H. Webster, Photograph Galleries, Marshall and Jefferson, Texas." Mrs. Rankin was a teacher in the private … more

Date: 1874/1883

Creator: Webster, John H.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum