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[Letter from Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell, April 10, 1889]

Description: Letter from the Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell on April 10, 1889. The letter renews Howell's teaching certification. Included are the envelope the letter came in and a paper detailing rules for conducting the examination of candidates for teacher's certificates.
Date: April 10, 1889
Creator: Texas. State Department of Education.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Waco Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1892
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.75 -97.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cooling and Preserving Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a "cooling apparatus in which a cloth envelops a vertically-disposed series of supports, and has its upper end dipping into a receptacle supplied with water; and the object of the improvement is to secure a uniformity of temperature throughout the structure, and particularly in the several compartments formed between the various supports, as well as to prevent the spoiling of food by foreign matters entering the same by accidental dislodgment from a support immediately thereover." (L… more
Date: April 30, 1895
Creator: Brown, Elijah Clark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Description: Patent for a knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, or gardening. It protects the knee from dampness, stones, roots, etc. The pad goes on the knee, and two wooden braces are on the sides. A strap goes around the user's shoe, and the bolts were the pad is attached to the braces also has string where the operator ties the brace to himself.
Date: February 18, 1896
Creator: Davis, James Walter & Brown, Elijah Clark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Poke.

Description: Patent for "a combined animal poke and halter of simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction whereby stock to which the device is applied are prevented from forcing through or throwing their weight against barbed and other wire fences, and also whereby a halter strap or chain may be readily applied thereto to provide for securing the stock in their stalls when stabled." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Parker, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pounder

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in clothes pounders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Schofield, Frank B. & Schofield, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Waco Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1898
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.75 -97.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand-Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and useful hand planter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Perry, Timothy B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in washing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Willis, Jessie T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

West 1900 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of West in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

West 1900 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of West in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

West 1905 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of West in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

West 1905 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of West in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

West 1905 Sheet 3

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of West in McLennan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Gin Saw Cleaner

Description: Patent for gin saw cleaner. This invention operates on the cotton bulbs when they are damp and cling to the saw blade. Illustrations included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Henderson, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator

Description: Patent for a cultivator designed so that the plows can be conveniently set to any pitch as needed for deep or shallow plowing. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Miller, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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