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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Armstrong, Henry H. & Armstrong, H. H.
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Mattress-Making Machine.

Description: Patent for a mattress-making machine that presses the material and forces it into a mattress. The mattress is "suitably held at one end of the machine, guide-strips being provided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattress straight and smooth while being forced into the tick" (lines 19-23).
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Bates, Frances Marian
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Hood Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Hood County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants and surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:152,381] (4000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1918
Creator: Beaumont, G. N. & Newton, Jno C.
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Hood County Courthouse, Granbury, Historic Plaque

Description: Photograph of a plaque at Hood County Courthouse. It reads: "Fifth Courthouse on this site. Erected 1890-1891, this handsome building is a Texas version of the French Second Empire style. First courthouse (1867) was a 1 room log cabin housing county records, lawyers and land agents' offices, and mail station. It was succeeded by 3 stone structures. Contractors Moodie & Ellis and Architect W. C. Dodson built this native stone edifice. The clock tower, added after completion, was reinforced with … more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.44270301009454 -97.78706599999998
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Hood County Jailhouse, Historic Plaque

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque at the Hood County Jailhouse. It reads: "Second County Jail. Celebrated in early local ballad. Build to succeed 1873 log jail at time when lawlessness was rampant. Main building is late Victorian in style. Separate stone kitchen was added upon completion. The tall front section was to have a gallows, but no hangings have occurred here. Jail admits some 55 prisoners yearly. "Uncle" Andy Walters, a local character, once locked sheriff in this jail, but left key wit… more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.44361725154291 -97.78643287023772
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[Banner on a Lamp]

Description: Photograph of a red banner, reading "Welcome Granbury Historic District", hanging from a green lamp post in Granbury, Texas. Cars are parked in spaces behind the lamp to the right, and there is a two-story red building in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
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Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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