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[Cotton Compress]

Description: Photograph of an early cotton compress in Longview, Texas. When cotton was brought in to Longview, it was left in stacks on the street in front of F. T. Rembert's office. Eventually, the street where Rembert's office and businesses were located was named Cotton Street.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Photograph of Two Men in Suits with Cotton Bales]

Description: Photograph of two young men wearing dark suits and hats, standing between two large bales of hay in a clearing. Both men have an arm on a bale of cotton. Behind them is a group of three trees, and in the background to the right, there is a covered buggy. A larger group of trees is visible in the distant background.
Date: [1900..1929]
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Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Priddy, Texas, Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of a cotton gin farm with several wagons full of cotton being pulled by horses or mules visible alongside workers in the foreground. Two barn-like structures are side by side in the mid ground to the left, and a large field is visible in the distant background.
Date: 1900
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Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

Three Berndt Brothers

Description: Copy negative of three Berndt family brothers standing outside their home and farm in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. There is a large, two-story home on the left side of the image, and there are several barns pictured on the right. There is a large cotton field in the foreground. From left to right, the brothers pictured are Helvig, Anders and Jens Berndt.
Date: 1900
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Mary Ann Moore, January 15, 1900]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charles B. Moore and is addressed to Mary Ann Moore. In this letter, Charles informs Mary Ann of the goings-on in Advalorem, TX while she is in Gallatin, TN visiting kin. The news includes: updates on daily chores and agricultural chores, community news, updates about renting Linnet's land and the south field, and gossip from Linnet and friends. In his next letter dated, January 16, 1900, Moore details abut his morning rou… more
Date: January 15, 1900
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Pneumatic Conveyor and Cleaner.

Description: Patent for "a pneumatic cotton conveyer and cleaner designed for carrying seed-cotton from a wagon or the like to a gin-house or warehouse or other receptacle or place of storage and for cleaning the cotton while the same is being so conveyed." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Compress

Description: Patent for roller compress. This is an "improved roller-compress,especially adapted for forming cylindrical bales from cotton-bat by winding the same in successive layers upon itself" (p. 1, lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1900
Creator: Carter, E. D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Stalk Knocker.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton-stalk knockers. This invention "relates to cotton-knockers, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily attached to or combined with a wheeled cultivator of usual form" (lines 11-14). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Chitty, Robert Henry
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for baling-press to press bales of cotton into rectangular bales including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Taylor, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling Press.

Description: Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Byars, Edgar
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a new cotton chopper with improvements that have the ability to raise or lower the height of the blades and keep them nearly horizontal to the ground, including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Smith, Gilbert L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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