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[Photograph of Dr. F. Fanning - Magnetic Healer]

Photograph of Dr. Frank Fanning, magnetic healer, wearing an overcoat - the very beginning of a patterned necktie and tie tack can be seen. In his left hand he holds a hat, and in his right hand he holds a cane. Embossed below the photograph, on the mat, reads, "Dr. F. Fanning, Magnetic Healer." A handwritten note on the back reads, "With compliments of Frank Fanning, San Antonio, Tex. Feb. 14, 1888."

Date: February 14, 1888

Creator: Deane

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Laura Mary Burgess Weyant Album]

Album containing photographs of a mustached man wearing a suit and bow tie, a girl wearing a dark dress, a mustached man wearing a dark suit, and a woman with her hair in a bun. A folder labeled "The Presidents" is attached to the inner back cover. The album is made of brown leather with golden scroll-work and has two metal latches attached to its surface.

Date: 1883~

Item Type: Image

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Minnie Alice Nichols]

Portrait of young Minnie Alice Nichols in a light-colored dress. Appears to be about four years of age. Text on the back says: "...born May 21, 1879 Coryell Co. died Jan. 28, 1970 McLennan Co."

Date: October 1883

Creator: Academy of Art

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Bale Band Replacer and Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved bale-band replacer and tightener. This design "provide[s] a simple and convenient device for replacing a broken bale-bind, for tightening the band around the bale, and for drawing the ends together, so as to provide the necessary slack for slipping the loop out of the tie when it is desired to remove a band" (lines 13-19).

Date: July 4, 1882

Creator: Lenard, William R.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machinery for Irrigating Purposes

Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.

Date: September 25, 1888

Creator: Owen, Benajah Dotte

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Saw Buck and Drag Saw.

Patent for a new and improved saw-buck and drag-saw. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the saw-buck having cross-piece, the swinging arm pivoted to and laterally movable on said cross-piece, the upper-end of said arm being provided with a slot, the saw, the saw-carriers . . . having spindles, the forward-carrier being provided with a tenon, and the saw-frame pivotally mounted on the spindles of the saw-carriers" (lines 74-82).

Date: March 22, 1887

Creator: Nitsche, John Emil & Kowalewsky, August

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Marriage License of Charles Evans and Nannie C. Sleeper]

Marriage license of Charles Evans and Nannie C. Sleeper, McLennan County, Feb. 4, 1880, signed by Rev. Dr. Samuel A. King, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Waco.

Date: February 4, 1880

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Jemima Moore and Jim Welch]

Photograph of Jemima Moore Welch and James "Jim" Daniel Welch. They sit side by side in front of a painted backdrop.

Date: [1885..1890]

Creator: Smith, E. R.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell, April 10, 1889]

Letter from the Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell on April 10, 1889. The letter renews Howell's teaching certification. Included are the envelope the letter came in and a paper detailing rules for conducting the examination of candidates for teacher's certificates.

Date: April 10, 1889

Creator: Texas. State Department of Education.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis