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Bale-Tie.

Description: Patent for a bale tie that can withstand strain on the side of the band. The text describes the different parts of the bale tie and how it differs from ones currently used.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Franz, Ezra A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from J. A. Nimmo to H. S. Moore, July 22, 1875]

Description: Letter from J. A. Nimmo to Henry Moore discussing farm crops and the weather as well as details about the "steam works" that Moore has requested. He also talks about a device that he is thinking of patenting and local news including ways to bring more immigrants to the area and the health of his family and others in the area.
Date: July 22, 1875
Creator: Nimmo, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two Letters from James Stewart]

Description: Letter from James Stewart and Ziza Moore regarding legalities involved with a patent. The reverse contains a "Coppy [sic] of a letter to [George] Armstrong" discussing patent law.
Date: September 4, 1832
Creator: Stewart, James A. & Moore, Ziza
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An elderly man pouring into a pail]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man pouring a substance into a pail. The man is wearing a hat with glasses on his face and dressed in a pair of dark-colored overalls with a white-colored long--sleeve shirt underneath. The shirt has the wrist buttons undone and the sleeves partially rolled up off of his hands. The bag is either made of canvas material or burlap. There are two bags with writing on them but the wording is not fully comprehensible. Behind the elderly man, there is a window with a missing … more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An elderly man pouring]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man pouring something out of a bag into a pail on the wooden floor. The elderly man is in a building with a low roofline or he is on the second floor. The elderly man is wearing a hat with glasses. He is also wearing dark-colored overalls with a light-colored long-sleeve shirt underneath. The overalls are rolled at the bottom over his shoes. The bag that he is holding seems to be out of canvas or burlap material. The product coming out of the bag can be presumably a liq… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An elderly man pouring into a pail, 2]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man pouring a substance into a pail on the ground. The elderly man has a hat on and wearing round-shaped glasses. He is also wearing dark-colored overalls with a light-colored long-sleeved shirt underneath. The wrist buttons are undone and slightly rolled up off of his hands. The overalls are slightly rolled up over his shoes. The bag the man is holding is made either of canvas or burlap material. The bags in the right corner in the foreground have written on them but t… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A watermill in the woods]

Description: Photograph of a presumed watermill in the woods. There is water spraying underneath the building next to a pole running from the building down into the water. The building is made from timber and is elevated off the ground by four posts. In the background, the chute has water coming out of the side.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wood post with a metal latch]

Description: Photograph of a wood post with a metal latch attached to it. The metal latch is attached to about the middle of the wood post. The metal piece running horizontally when this photo was taken looks to be broken on the opposite side of the pin part of the latch. There is a horizontal piece of wood attached to the post along the bottom of the photo. Also, there is a small piece of wood running vertically that is attached or leaning against the wood that is running horizontally in the photo. The ba… more
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lifting Clamp for Well Casings

Description: Patent for a lifting clamp for well casings. It is designed to make the lifting of well casings easier and safer for those attaching the clamp to the lifting mechanism.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kibele, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jar.

Description: Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoisting Drum.

Description: Patent for an invention that "relates to improvements in hoisting drums" (line 15-16). Structure, objective, and illustrations of hoisting drums are included.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Howard, Henry Fischer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate that is meant "to facilitate the opening of the gate without the intervention or use of the hands; to strengthen and brace the gate so as to prevent any possible sagging thereof, the braces being extended to form part of the hinge joint; to provide and dispose a latch so that it can be easily actuated by the foot from either approach for the purpose of releasing and opening the gate; lastly, to provide a gate that will close automatically without the use of springs and which w… more
Date: November 14, 1893
Creator: Jester, Andrew Edmond & Alexander, John Gilaspie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Splice.

Description: Patent for a rail splice that joins the ends of railway tracks to one another to prevent spreading of the tracks and is easily taken on and off for repair work.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Bonner, Benjamin B. & Bonner, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock for Automobiles

Description: Patent for a new inexpensive, secure, and convenient to use lock for automobiles to be secured against theft, or use, while the lock is attached.
Date: May 3, 1921
Creator: Godbey, Walter H., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flood-Fence.

Description: Patent for a flood fence dedicated in cases of high water, preventing the fence from destruction. This fence is cheap to manufacture and requires a simple construction.
Date: March 1, 1887
Creator: Sims, Abner Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, June 30, 1946]

Description: Efficiency report prepared by Gilbert E. Goodman discussing Clifford R. Baird's general information, status as officer, stations and assignments served, degrees of success regarding team work and physical work and describing his mechanical experience toward aircraft, although suggesting he should read more paper work.
Date: June 30, 1946
Creator: 342d AAF Base Unit, SAAFld, Smyrna, Tenn.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Efficiency Report: Tactical Air Command, December 31, 1946]

Description: Efficiency report prepared by R. Baez, Jr. discussing Clifford R. Baird's general information, status as officer, stations and assignments served, grades of success based on team work and physical activity and describing him as energetic, hardworking, dependable and as having excellent knowledge of aircraft maintenance.
Date: December 31, 1946
Creator: 342d AAF Base Unit, SAAFld, Smyrna, Tenn.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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