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Street Scene with Cotton Wagons

Description: Copy negative of a train of several wagons loaded with cotton bales, pulled by a team of ten horses through a town. There are stores in the back including a hardware and grocery store, Brockett P. Pool Co. General Merchandise, Morrow & Johnson Drugs, and Davidson & Roland Bros. dry goods. There are other buggies and wagons, horses tied to fences, and a crowd watching the cotton go by. There are notes written on the picture, above and below it.
Date: unknown
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Insect Exterminator

Description: Patent for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. The device brushes the weevils into the furrows where they are crushed. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Scott, Earl Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Harvester

Description: Patent for improvements in construction and arrangement of machines that harvest cotton.
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Cunningham, James Franklin, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picker's Sack.

Description: Patent for improvements to Cotton-Picker's Sacks "to permit the bag or sack to be opened longitudinally to permit quick and convenient emptying of the contents thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: White, Benjoman Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas A.
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