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Map of Wheeler County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Wheeler County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1899
Creator: Hedick, Jno. D.
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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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Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.

Description: Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Woodley, Henry J.
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Clasp.

Description: Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Fridolph, Anna S.
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[Form letter from George C. Betts to Flake George - October 7, 1942]

Description: A form letter addressed to Mr. Flake George, 18th District Rehabilitation Officer, The American Legion, Shamrock, Texas, from GCB--George C. Betts, Chairman Rehabilitation Program Committee, dated October 7, 1942. Betts advises that the American Legion Rehabilitation Program Committee met with the Department Rehabilitation Committee and selected George as 18th District Rehabilitation Officer and then explains the goals regarding a rehabilitation program. He advises of the Department Commander… more
Date: October 7, 1942
Creator: Betts, George C.
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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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Washing-Machine

Description: Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
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Hog-Trough

Description: Patent for a feeding trough for pig sties. Illustrations included.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Wilkinson, Duke A. & Austin, Ben A.
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Hame-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a simple device meant for securing a pair of hames on a harness collar, including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Risk, Maurice E.
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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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