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[Procter Street]

Description: Photograph of a view of Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas. The street is made of dirt, and businesses line each side. A sign on a building on the left side of the street says "Jefferson County Real Estate Co.;" a sign on a building on the right side says "Restauran[t]." A two-story building also on the right side is identified as Bash General Store. The family lived on the second floor.
Date: 1897
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Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Ruby Dee Austin]

Description: Photograph of a young woman identified as Ruby Dee Austin. She is wearing a dress and bonnet made out of newspapers. Each panel in the dress says "Port Arthur Herald."
Date: 1897
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Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

Mining Sulfur.

Description: Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Port Arthur Meat Market

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes livestock illustration and decorative designs with business name in lithographic print, and text reading: "Choice Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and Sausage. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention." Letterhead contains the names W. C. Jackson; B. J. Johnson.
Date: 1897
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Pen-Cleaning Attachment for Inkstands.

Description: Patent for innovations in "pen-cleaning attachments for inkstands" (lines 9-10). It is a lip that extends past the top of ink-wells, and is meant to prevent blotting. The attachment is "an annular expansible body portion of spring metal adapted to be fitted in the mouth of an ink-well" (lines 93-95)
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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