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Bale-Band Buckle

Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.

Date: December 3, 1907

Creator: Patterson, James S. & Smith, Dallas E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Gin #1

1 copy negative of a cotton gin. There is a wagon shown on the right.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Boys Posing on Cotton Bales; Boys Posing on Cotton Binder

1 copy negative of two images. The first image shows four of V. E. Costephen's sons posing with a dog atop cotton bales in a field near Mulberry Creek. The boys are dressed in work clothes with suspenders and are smiling while pointing towards the camera. The second image shows three of V. E. Costephens's sons posing atop a cotton binder. The binder is in a field near Mulberry Creek. The boys are also dressed in work clothes with suspenders.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Pickers in Cotton Field

Copy negative of 15 unknown cotton pickers posing in a field of cotton with a dog. They are all male and have bags hanging across their chests. The field fills the image. They are on Costephens farm.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Pickers in Cotton Field

Copy negative of eleven farm workers pausing for a picture in a Mulberry Canyon field. Some workers are members of the Costephens family. They are picking cotton by hand, and a mule drawn wagon is visible behind them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Mule Drawn Plow

Copy negative of a Costephens son plowing a cotton field before planting. The young man is seated on a plow being pulled by a three mule team.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Street Scene with Cotton Wagons

Copy negative of a line of horse-drawn wagons with drivers traveling down a street towing cotton bales. The Post Office building is on the right, and there are more buildings in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cotton Gin #2

1 copy negative of a cotton gin. There is a wagon shown on the right.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Abilene Cotton Market

Copy negative of people riding on horse-drawn wagons at a cotton market in Abilene, Texas. Some wagons have bundles of cotton in them. The group of wagons are in a line that wraps around a street corner. Text at the bottom of the image says "Cotton Market, Abilene, Texas." Text handwritten in cursive along the side of the image says "Am trying to get ready to go to The [Dallas] Fair and also to the Convention. Are you going?" Handwritten text in cursive says "Oct 10- Will write in a few d… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Mr. Moore, W. C. weighing Cotton in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of several men, including a Mr. W.C. Moore, weighing bales of cotton with a large scale. The scale weighs the cotton by suspending it from a chain.

Date: January 10, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Mr. Thompson and Rutledge at a Cotton Compress]

Photograph of several men, including a Mr. Thompson and a Mr. Rutledge, at a cotton compress. Bales of cotton are neatly laid out on the ground. A large wooden structure and a smokestack are visible in the background.

Date: January 16, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man in a Cotton Field between Abilene and Anson, Texas]

Photograph of a man wearing a suit and bowler hat standing in a cotton field. The cotton extends all the way to the flat horizon.

Date: January 15, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Cotton Compress in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of a many bales of cotton at a cotton compress. Each bale has a paper tag attached to it. A man is visible standing among the bales.

Date: January 16, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Thompson and Thompson, Abilene Cotton Buyers]

Photograph of two men, Thompson and Thompson, sampling cotton at a cotton compress. Bales of cotton are stacked neatly in the background. The roof of a wooden structure is partially visible over the men.

Date: January 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[W. C. Moore and Frank Caldwell sampling Cotton]

Photograph of W. C. Moore and Frank Caldwell sampling cotton at a cotton compress. Many bales of cotton are neatly laid out in the background.

Date: January 16, 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men with Cotton, Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of men sampling cotton from a bale. Many more cotton bales are visible in the background.

Date: January 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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[News Clip: Drought]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: May 30, 1984, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas

This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).

Date: 1890

Creator: Missouri Pacific Railway Company

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Waiting to be Weighted]

Copy slide of a photograph of cotton wagons waiting in a long line around 3rd and Pine Streets. A few buildings are visible in the background including a lumber yard.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Wilson's Rig Moving Cotton]

Photograph of a line of horse and wagons beside large bales of cotton and the wagons are labeled "W. T. Wilson's Transfer Line."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Cotton Going to Market]

Copy slide of a photograph of a line of cotton trailers loaded with bales of cotton being pulled by a team of horses.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Piled up round cotton bales]

Copy slide of a photograph of several round cotton bales piled stored on 3rd and Mesquite streets in Abilene, Texas. A used car business is partially visible behind the pile of cotton bales.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner, April 5, 1951]

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing C. A. Douthit and Bill Smith's interest in the cotton gin in Plantersville, Texas.

Date: April 5, 1951

Creator: James, Thomas Leroy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: West Texas drought]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about associated press which has surveyed the drought in West Texas.

Date: July 24, 1974, 12:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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