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[Program for Simmons College Quartette]

Description: A printed program for the Simmons College Quartette, held at the Buffalo Gap Public School, Professor W. J. Leslie, Principal dated Friday, April 9, 1915. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Trousers-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a trousers stretcher that removes wrinkles and creases from trousers by stretching them. The stretching tension may be increased or decreased as desired.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Johnston, Renord C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "consists in the combination of the main bar, which is provided with a head having a suitable recess to catch over nuts, with a sliding head, which has two surfaces to act in connection with opposite ends of the head, but out of line with each other, and a spring-actuated catch, which catches in suitable ratchets made in the main bar, so as to hold the sliding head in position" (lines
Date: May 22, 1883
Creator: Hamrick, Jerome Miller.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sheep-Dip.

Description: Patent for "a new composition of matter for the treatment of 'scab' on sheep or for other animals subject to like diseases" (lines 9-11) which lists the ingredients and measurements and instructions.
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Carpenter, Peter M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Band at Party]

Description: Photograph of the band at the Taylor County 100th birthday celebration in Buffalo Gap, Texas. The band members are seated under an outdoor shelter with a variety of musical instruments and one of them is standing with a foam cup in hand. A few trucks are partially visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library
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