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Match-Box.

Description: Patent for match boxes that automatically opens when unlatched and has a projecting member arm that slides the lid with a match for removal conveniency.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Match-Safe

Description: Patent for a new match safe which dispenses matches individually, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Oscar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

G. R. Couch, Surveyor of Haskell County

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "Office day -- Saturdays of EACH WEEK. Office in the Court House, Correspondence solicited"; "Correct Map of Haskell County, or any part thereof will be furnished on short notice."
Date: 1889
Partner: Texas General Land Office

The Haskell National Bank

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes small illustrated map of area with business name in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Galv. Letterhead contains the names M. S. Pierson, President; H. G. McConnell, Vice Prest.; A. C. Foster, 2nd Vice Prest.; S. H. Johnson, Cashier.
Date: 1891
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Game and Toy Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new game and toy apparatus for the purpose of throwing projectiles at targets and scoring the number of targets hit as a game or toy.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Drying Apparatus

Description: Patent for an improved cotton dryer which uses heat from steam to dry wet cotton more effectively with simpler construction and lower cost.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Evans, Alva A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Gin.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including "an attachment for a gin feeder to separate cotton from the burs during the gin operation...especially adapted for use upon cotton containing an excess amount of bolls" (lines 13-16). The improvements include an air suction device to remove cotton from the burs before it enters the gin.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Huntsman, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sack for Cotton-Pickers

Description: Patent for improvements to sacks of cotton-pickers which include adjustable, flexible, and tublar design that is reversible and detachable. It is open at both ends and includes detachable fasteners for these ends. Illustrations included.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Silo-Chute.

Description: Patent for "a chute that may be readily attached to or detached from a silo" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Latimer, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

School-Desk.

Description: Patent for improvement in school desks by mounting the desks’ legs on the base-bars, the row of desks so mounted can be moved at the same time by employing the roller devices at the opposite end of the base-bars. The roller devices may be permanently connected with the base-bars of each row or it can be detached if desired; for conveniently removing the desks whenever desired. (Lines 45-55) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Litsey, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Dallas Flooding]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 22, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ashlimann, Adolf E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Description: Patent for an acetylene gas generator designed to prevent from being overcharged with carbide. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cigar-Holder.

Description: Patent for a cigar holder with improved clutching that prevents the cigar from slipping out of the holder when it becomes moist. The clutches are constructed to allow it to hold cigars or any size or shape.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Mathison, Andrew A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carpenter's Square.

Description: Patent for a carpenter's square, which has a table of rafter cut measurements, a table of measurements in inches, and the standard carpenter's measure table.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Bailey, Louis Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casket-Support.

Description: Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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