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[Portrait of John and Sallie Matthews]

Description: Photograph portrait of John and Sallie Matthews. John, seated to the left, has short hair, a bushy mustache, and a dark suit. Sallie, standing right, is leaning on the man's chair and wearing a dark dress. They are standing in front of a backdrop painted to resemble a luxurious area with columned walls and marble counter tops.
Date: 1880~
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Portrait of Nathan L. and Susan Bartholomew]

Description: Photograph of Nathan L. and Susan Bartholomew posing for a portrait in front of an off-kilter and worn background. Susan, sitting, is wearing a dark dress with a black lace tied around her neck. Nathan stands behind her in a dark three piece suit with a watch chain dangling from his vest. They are standing on a patterned rug that doesn't cover the wooden floor beneath.
Date: 1880~
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Mr + Mrs Glen Reynolds

Description: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reynolds posing for a portrait. Glen Reynolds is wearing a three piece suit and is sitting on an ornate chair. Augusta "Gustie" Reynolds stands to the right with her right hand on his shoulder. She is wearing a black dress with a white lace piece around her neck. The background is painted with an ornate clock and candlestick.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Scholten
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Portrait of Joseph Beck Matthews and Caroline Spears Matthews]

Description: Photograph of a middle aged man and woman (Joseph Beck Matthews and Caroline Spears Matthews) posing for a portrait with a background that suggests an opulent room. Joseph, left, is sitting in an ornate chair and wearing a three piece suit with a ribbon tie. He is bearded and has greying, thinning hair. Caroline, right, is standing with her hand upon his shoulder. She is wearing a long and dark shawl over a lighter colored dress.
Date: 1880~
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Young and Old Portraits of John and Sallie Matthews]

Description: Photographs of two people taken when they were younger and when they were elderly. The upper left is a portrait of a John A. Matthews with short hair, a bushy mustache, high collared shirt, coat, and ribbon tie. The upper right portrait is of a Sallie R. Matthews with dark hair, a lace collar, and dark dress. The lower left has a portrait of the same man as an elder, wearing glasses and a suit. The lower right is a portrait of the same woman as an elder, with white hair, glasses, and dark cloth… more
Date: 1880~
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Lifting Jack.

Description: Patent for a new and improved jack. This design consists in "the combination, with a standard provided with an elongated open slot and a moveable section adapted to slide within the slot, of an operating-lever pivoted to the standard at the side of the slot, and a link pivotally secured to the sliding section and lever, whereby the lever is thrown past the center and the sliding section thereby locked in an elevated position" (lines 67-75).
Date: July 15, 1884
Creator: Thorp, James L.
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Surveyor's Instrument.

Description: Patent for a new and improved surveyor's instrument. This design consists in "[t]he instrument for surveying and analogous purposes, consisting of protractor, right-angled piece, and [additional] piece, the two latter pivoted to move independently on the protractor" (lines 9-13).
Date: March 10, 1885
Creator: Dolman, John H.
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Separator for Pecan and Other Nuts.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut cracker. This design is "provided with an inclined bed of parallel positively-driven rollers . . . and arranged at a suitable distance apart to allow of the leaves and other refuse falling through between them, but conducting the cleansed or separated nuts over them for delivery over a back board, or otherwise, away from the leaves and refuse, and where they may be put into sacks . . . a hopper arranged over the upper or highest portion of the inclined bed of s… more
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Dolman, John H.
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Penman's Arm Rest.

Description: Patent for a new and improved writer's armrest. This design "is to provide a sort of swivel-pivot to support the wrist in writing, whereby perfect freedom of movement is given to the hand, and the position of the hand may be changed instantaneously without effort in forming characters in writing. The invention consists of a flexible or pliable foundation-piece with an anti-friction or swivel roller or ball projecting from its surface and forming a pivot to support the wrist when writing, a stra… more
Date: June 14, 1887
Creator: Graham, Tilghman
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupling constructed with a draw-head having a vertically-ranging and inwardly-tapering link-socket and a horizontal hole to receive the coupling pin, in combination with a coupling-link tapering from the middle toward the end . . . [and] . . . crossing the socket, and a coupling-pin adapted to said hole and to the coupling-link, and connected to [two] lever[s] [and a] link . . . and [one of] said lever[s… more
Date: February 24, 1885
Creator: Rye, Edgar
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