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Oral History Interview with Ernest Griffith, November 4, 1982

Description: Interview with Ernest Griffith, owner and operator of Griffith's Independent Ginner. The interview includes Griffith's personal experiences about education in Texola, Oklahoma, part-time employment as cotton picker, and being involved in building cotton gins and operating drug stores. Griffith also talks about his family background, the operation of Griffith and Stith cotton gin, buying cotton and retaining cotton seed, variations in cotton prices, sale of coal to farmers, buying grain for Kimb… more
Date: November 4, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffith, Ernest
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Machine for Gathering Cotton.

Description: Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
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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.
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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.
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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.
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