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Adjustable Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for an adjustable pipe wrench "in which the opposing jaws of the wrench are maintained at an angle to each other, so hat they converge toward their extremities, thus enabling a firmer hold to e obtained upon the pope or other article to be gripped by said jaws." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Fauver, Addis E.
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Boll Weevil Catcher

Description: The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
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Self-Filling Fountain-Pen and Locking Device Therefor.

Description: Patent for a new self-filling fountain pen with a locking device, designed "to provide a fountain pen by which in use of a piston rod on the principle of a suction pump the pen can be easily, fully and securely filled and easily cleaned, and which being provided with detachable parts may be prepared readily when worn or broken" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Stevens, Thornton
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Cotton-Gin Breast.

Description: Patent for a cotton gin breast that applies pressure to the cotton roll and prevents it from bulging.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Barnes, Peter Benjamin
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Spring Draft Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved spring-draft attachment. This design "is to do away with the ordinary doubletree . . . which is especially adapted for a two-horse vehicle, which . . . prevents the horses from pulling against one another, [and ] prevents the pole from swaying sidewise" (lines 10-18). It "consist[s] of a frame provided with an eye at one end and with a cross-bar near its center, a draw-bar having one end screw-threaded and provided with an eye at its other end and with a collar at … more
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Tiner, John F.
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[Two Story House]

Description: Photograph of a large two-story house, the home of Nancy and Paul Traeger, on 3rd Street and East Street in Floresville, Texas. There is a row of bushes in front of the house's porch.
Date: July 3, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[Two-Story White House]

Description: Photograph of a large two-story white house with spacious grounds on 3rd Street in Floresville, Texas. There are trees on a lawn, and a truck is parked in front of a garage to the right.
Date: July 4, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[Watermelon Sculpture]

Description: Photograph of sculptures of large watermelons in front of the "Welcome to Stockdale" sign in Stockdale, Texas. Trees are visible to the right and in the background.
Date: July 3, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[Watermelon-Shaped Sign]

Description: Photograph of a sign shaped like a watermelon, with the text "Welcome to the Watermelon Jubilee, Stockdale, Tx." painted on it. A building and a bush are visible in the background.
Date: July 3, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[The Stockdale Museum]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the white clapboard Stockdale Museum building in Stockdale, Texas. A sign and another building are visible to the left.
Date: July 3, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[Old Bank Building in Stockdale]

Description: Photograph of a people and cars on the road in front of an old bank building in Stockdale, Texas. A sign hanging from the building to the right reads "Homemade Peanut Brittle". A water tower is visible in the background.
Date: July 3, 2010
Creator: Liles, Maurine
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[Zion Fair Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the white clapboard Zion Fair Baptist Church building and the sign in front of it in La Vernia, Texas. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: July 9, 2007
Creator: Grammer, Shirley
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