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[News Clip: Postal Auction]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: January 25, 1989
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Air-Cycle

Description: Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Price, Joseph H.
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Animal-Trap

Description: Patent for an animal trap whose specially designed cylinders play a crucial role in tiring the animal while it is struggling to escape the trap doors Ultimately, succumbing to exhaustion and hastening its drowning in the trap's water reservoir.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Link, William A.
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Compound Implement.

Description: Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Haynes, James H.
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Airship

Description: Patent for a dirigible airship. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Bradford, William J. D.
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Artificial Tooth.

Description: Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
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Coffee-Pot.

Description: Patent for coffee pot attachment to prevent coffee grounds from getting into the coffee pot's spout.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Voyles, Thomas J.
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Ash Sifter

Description: Patent for receptacle of ashes and sifter to separate unconsumed particles of coal and retain dust.
Date: January 3, 1900
Creator: Hart, Sara C.
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Cot-Frame

Description: Patent for a cot frame designed to accommodate two people. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Shelton, Robert H.
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Animal Trap

Description: Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Barron, Nathan J.
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Airship

Description: Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
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Bathing-Hat.

Description: Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Herndon, Florence E.
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Combined Scrubber And Mop.

Description: Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Lee, Bryant
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