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[25-Cent Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored in the shape of an 4-petaled flower that says, "25 [cents] Lexington, Tex." on one side; on the other it has the text: "Pick & Pay Grocery, Self Serving."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[5-Cent Grocery Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored in the shape of an 8-petaled flower that says, "5 [cents] Lexington, Tex." on one side; on the other it has the text: "Pick & Pay Grocery, Self Serving."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[25-Cent Trade Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is gold-colored and says, "Good for 25 [cents] in Trade" on one side; on the other it has the text: "Lexington Mercantile Company, I. G. A. Store, Lexington, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[1.00 Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored and says, "Good for 1.00 in Merchandise" on one side; on the other it has the text: "Joekel & Williams, Giddings, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[1.00 Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored and says, "Good for 1.00 in Merchandise" on one side; on the other it has the text: "Joekel & Williams, Giddings, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin says, "Good for 50 in Merchandise" on one side; the text on the other side is out-of-focus, but appears to say, "Chas. Jatzlau, Dealer in General Merchandise, Fedor, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[5-Cent Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin says, "Good for 5 [cents] in Merchandise" on one side; the text on the other side says, "Chas. Jatzlau, Dealer in General Merchandise, Fedor, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[10-Cent Merchandise Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin says, "Good for 10 [cents] in Merchandise" on one side; the text on the other side says, "Chas. Jatzlau, Dealer in General Merchandise, Fedor, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Wire-Fastening Clip.

Description: Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Dunk, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design is "for catching such insects as are attracted by light, more especially cotton-flies, potato-bugs, and the like" (lines 11-13). It consists "of a frame having a bottom provided with an approximately star-shaped opening, the transparent walls mounted in the frame and forming re-entrant angles and providing entrance-openings and being adjustable to vary the size of the entrance openings, a receptacle arranged beneath the opening in the botto… more
Date: May 3, 1892
Creator: Edwards, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in wire-fence machines" (lines 12-13), including illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Darden, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tramper Attachment for Cotton-Presses

Description: Patent for "an improvement in tramper attachments for cotton-presses, and has for its object to provide a tramper of simple, durable, and economical construction, which may be readily applied to any press, and which is designed to be operated by steam" (lines 8-14).
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Schkade, August
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock with a spring locking mechanism that is designed to be simple and efficient.
Date: October 26, 1915
Creator: Moerbe, Herman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace.

Description: Patent for a trace in which the "portion of the trace in which the eye is located, and which is adapted for engagement with a single tree, will be rendered as durable as any other portion of the trace" (lines 9-13).
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Saettler, Ernest S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk-Cooler.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 26, 1898
Creator: Estelle, Rhodes
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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