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Portrait of Couple

Description: Copy negative of a wedding portrait of Joe Baxter Wear and Hattie Hefner Wear in the 1890's in Young County, Texas. The photograph was taken by Goben-Caldwell of Henrietta, Texas.
Date: 1890~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Rotary Letter and Paper File Case.

Description: Patent for a new and improved file case. This design consists in "the combination, with a pedestal, of a staff rising therefrom, a series of revolving racks having a marginal flange and radial compartments, and a cap having a socket in its under side and bearing on the upper end of the staff, whereby the pans and racks may be freely rotated" (lines 90-96).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mundy, Eusebius Bainbridge
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Henrietta 1891 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Henrietta in Clay County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Henrietta 1891 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Henrietta in Clay County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1891
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Worsham Cattle Co.

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, cattle illustrations, business name, and text reading: "P. O. Henrietta, Ranch Pease River," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names Washington Becker, Pres't Secy & Treas.; W. B. Worsham, Gen'l Manager.
Date: 1891
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Soldering-Tool.

Description: Patent for an improved soldering-tool by having a reservoir for gasoline or other light hydrocarbon, a burner-tube, and a valve for regulating the combustion of the gasoline and heating the tool continuously and uniformly, without a furnace. Illustration is included.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Barber, Edwin L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fastener for Fish-Plates for Rails.

Description: Patent for improvements in fasteners for fish-plates for rails by using a combination of fish-plates, washers placed in between the plates and rail, a slotted bolt, a wedge-shaped key with thin bendable portion and a washer on the bolt between the key and fish-plate to “firmly hold the plates in position but will serve to deaden the noise caused by the fractional contact of the parts,” (lines 18-20) includes illustration.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Gary, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shears for Cutting Hot Metal.

Description: Patent for "a device which is more especially intended for shearing hot metal, although it may be used for cutting cold material," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1892
Creator: Cleveland, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type.

Description: Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Coleman, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Couch, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit-Press.

Description: Patent for a device that extracts and strains "the juice of fruits, and it has for its general object to provide such a device of a cheap, simple, and durable construction, and one adapted when not in use to be disconnected and folded back against the wall so as to occupy but a minimum amount of space" (lines 13-18).
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Thompson, Sarah Rosaline
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Burning Garbage.

Description: Patent for an apparatus for burning garbage that is made up of a roasting chamber, a grate to hold the garbage, two furnaces, a passage for the ashes, a third furnace connected to the passage, flues, a smokestack, non-combustible absorbent material around the flues and beneath the grate, and flues beneath the grate.
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Risley, Ward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company]

Description: Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. The contract is unsigned and the last page has "Railroad" written on the back.
Date: June 12, 1894
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Wichita Falls Agreement, of June 12 1894, Between The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. Of Texas, and The Wichita Falls Railway Company

Description: Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. Also included is the Railroad Commission of Texas's approval of the contract. "Henry Sayles" is handwritten on the title page in pencil.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Purdy, Thomas C.; Kemp, J. A.; Reagan, John H. & Foster, L. L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

File or Bill-Book.

Description: Patent for a paper file that has "an index board or cover that it can be moved along the transfer wires from one side of the bottom boards to the other, the same as papers and with or without papers attached to it, and so that when brought around on top of the bottom board and interposed papers it will form therewith a book in which the papers or blanks will be retained for the ready reference or for such use as may be required" (lines 24-33). Papers can be punched with a mechanism on the inven… more
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Slaton, William David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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