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Munson Nurseries Catalog: 1908-1909

Annual catalog documenting the stock sold by Munson Nurseries including ornamental shrubs and bushes, fruit and nut trees, berries and grapes, various other plants, and related supplies.

Date: 1908

Creator: Munson Nurseries

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Grayson College Foundation

Irving Near Dallas

Advertisement from the Irving Board of Trade, enticing farmers to move to Irving, Texas.

Date: 1908~

Creator: Irving Board of Trade

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Irving Archives

Postcard of a colorized photograph of a packing house with several rows of farm workers posing in front of it, standing, sitting, and standing on raised platforms with fields in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Packing House on Falkners Fruit Farm, 1 Mile from Waco, Tex." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.

Date: November 4, 1908

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Vegetable-Separator

Patent for a vegetable separator used to assort and clean fruits and vegetables. Illustrations included.

Date: September 15, 1908

Creator: Sherrard, William J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Midland Area Grapes]

Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.

Date: 1908~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Grape Arbor]

Photograph of a grape arbor in Midland, Texas. Grape vines, producing fruit, hang over a wooden pergola and its roof-shaped crossbeams, densely leafed. Under the pergola is a small wooden shelf on which are placed three melons. The pergola opens up to other portions of the arbor, where more plants grow with enough density to provide shade inside the pergola.