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Reeves County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Reeves County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, lakes, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:380,952] (10,000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1916
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Bramlette, H. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Aerating-Churn.

Description: Patent for an improved churn for aerating cream by forcing air down a pipe into the churn.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Wailes, William S. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Cylinder.

Description: Patent for well-cylinder improvements, specifically pumps with "special reference to a pump having a reciprocating piston and being adapted for use in a deep well, where the pump cylinder is difficult to access" (lines 11-14).
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cigar-Tip Cutter.

Description: Patent for a cigar clipper that enables the clipper to fold compactly along the edge of the cigar box when not in use.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Miller, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Tongue.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Tongues, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings." (lines 6-9).
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Zimmer, Henry C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for improvements in vehicle tires consisting of a solid tire made out of rubber, but which also has the same elasticity as a pneumatic tire and includes instructions and illustrations. The main goal of this tire is to act as a shock absorber to prevent serious injury from happening to the driver in a vehicle.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Downing, Otto P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Wheel

Description: Patent for a pneumatic wheel. This invention is an improvement in vehicle wheels whereby a pneumatic tube which is "effectually mounted intermediate of the hub and rim and affords the wheel maximum resiliency of structure so as to insure of the absorption of the shocks incident to travel" (line 11-16). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Downing, Otto P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for an improvement to fly traps in which the flies are attracted by a sweet smelling substance down a funnel into the substance from which they are unable to escape. The flies either drown in the substance or are poisoned.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Brown, Thomas E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Slide-Display Machine.

Description: Patent for a mechanism that automatically moves the slides through a slide display machine to display each successfully upon a wall or screen, illustrations included.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Brown, Thomas E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe Gripping Device.

Description: Patent for Pipe Gripping Device used in conjunction with a good drilling outfit to grip and support the casing pipe of a well.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Palmore, Martin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Egg-Crate.

Description: Patent for "a crate in which eggs may be shipped by freight, express or parcels post...without being cracked or broken" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Miller, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reeves County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1915
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Pecos 1910 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pecos in Reeves County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Toyah, Texas Roundhouse]

Description: Copy photo of the T&P roundhouse outside Toyah, Texas. The photograph is captioned "[sic] Birdseye View of Toyah and that Section West of the T. & P. Ry." Written underneath the image are "July 1911" and "Texas & Pacific Quarterly."
Date: July 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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