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Cotton Bedder and Planter.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton bedders and planters in which when the machine “is used for planting, the seeding mechanism will be in place and the plow-beams are placed near together. The plow upon beam A will open a drill to receive the seed from the spout which extends downwardly in rear of the plow.” (Lines 114-121) “When the machine is used for bedding, the plow-beams are opened, and the seed-planting mechanism may be removed or simply thrown out of gear.” (Lines 109-113) Illustration… more
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Parris, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Freight Station in Cisco, Texas]

Description: Two photographs of a freight station building in Eastland County, Texas. The first photograph shows the north and east sides of the building, which is a narrow, single-story building with a tall gabled roof and extended eaves with brackets. The second image shows the same angle from farther east, at the corner of W. 3rd Street and Conrad Hilton Ave.; part of another building and parked cars are visible in front of the station. Handwritten text below the images says, "T&P Eastland Texas Freig… more
Date: April 26, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Partner: The Grace Museum

Insect Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Bunnell, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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