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[Isaacson Cotton Gin Company, El Campo, Texas]

Description: Black and white photograph of a building known as the Isaacson Gin Company, where cotton is processed. The building is made of wood and has several different sections to it. The yard just outside the company is teeming with horse-drawn or animal-drawn wagons. Each wagon is filled with cotton; some of them are covered with a tarp. In the distance, several houses are visible, as are dirt roads that lead to and from the company yard.
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio Photo
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Isaacson Gin Company

Description: Photograph of the Isaacson Gin Company, a cotton gin in El Campo, Texas, taken from a high angle and from a distance, capturing the entire structure and the surrounding homes that surround it. Several horse-drawn wagons are moving in a procession in an arc formation from the south-facing wall of the gin to the north-facing one. Groups of men can be seen directing them. Others are seen on the ground and on platforms near the cotton bales. The gin itself is a large two-story structure with gable… more
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Cotton Gin Saw Cleaner

Description: Patent for a cotton gin saw cleaner. This invention is designed to clean cotton from gin saws. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Clark, Joseph Y.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, September 16, 1953]

Description: Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing advise from Harris about placing Plantersville cotton in government loan. Mentions about the conversation with Bill Keyser related to cotton production, costs and loans. Calling attention to Moody Interests. Adds more about the conversation with Bill Gatz about the Paragould operations.
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
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Partner: Rosenberg Library

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hand-Machines for Gathering Cotton in the Field" (lines 3-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 16, 1856
Creator: Shields, B. G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig, March 16, 1948]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing Kempner too has been having difficulty with farming due to the weather. Kempner also relays that he has sold his gins and oil mills located in West Texas, as well as that he and Jeane are thinking of going abroad soon but are unsure due to the current political climate.
Date: March 16, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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