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[Wagon Full of Watermelons]

Photograph of a wagon filled with a load of watermelons at Moss Bluff, where the Kilgore family spent some of their time. Brothers Joseph and Ullmann Kilgore are sitting in the front of the wagon and steering.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Antique Carriage in a Parade]

Photograph of a black, old-fashioned carriage transporting costumed passengers in League City's sesquicentennial parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The four passengers, seated in the rear cab of the carriage, are wearing clothing in the style of the mid-1800s. In keeping with the theme, the driver, who is seated in the front cab, is wearing a curly-haired wig. With the reins in hand, he drives the wagon down the major road in League City where the parade took place.

Date: April 19, 1986

Creator: Kiecke, Albert

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for an automatic wagon brake, which engages when the vehicle is stopped to prevent it from rolling downhill and disengages when the wagon starts moving again.

Date: November 16, 1909

Creator: Hewitt, James E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thill-Coupling.

Patent for an expansible coupling-bolt designed to not rattle and to "provide a simple but effective means for taking up the play between the coupling-pin in the lug-bearings" (lines 17-20).

Date: November 3, 1896

Creator: Stowe, John N., Jr.