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[Wagons of cotton and James Alley]

Description: Postcard showing wagons of cotton and James Alley. Wagon on left has three men sitting on top of cotton. Two men standing in front of second wagon (from left). One man wearing suit and hat, the other dark pants, white shirt, suspenders, tie, and dark hat. BARNES BROS. building in background. Addressed to Mr. R.E. Duncan, Eagle Baker, Texas from Effie.
Date: May 14, 1912
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Wagons of cotton and James Alley]

Description: Copy of a postcard showing wagons of cotton and James Alley. Wagon on left has three men sitting on top, and there are two men standing in front of second wagon (from left). One man wearing suit and hat, the other dark pants, white shirt, suspenders, tie, and dark hat.There are store fronts in background.
Date: May 14, 1912
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Transplanter

Description: Patent for a transplanter to move a rooted cotton plant and the soil around it to a different location. Illustrations included.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Matthews, James T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tramper-Press

Description: Patent for a tramper press for pressing cotton into bales. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Wilson, Ralph E.
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Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a cotton stalk cutter, which cuts the stalks into small pieces that easily decompose into the soil.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sikes, Rufus N.
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Plunger for Baling Presses

Description: Patent for a plunger for baling presses. This baling press is used for the baling of cotton, hay, and similar products through the "means for mounting and actuating the ram or plunger which reciprocates in the baling chamber" (14-16) Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Cameron, George W.
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Cotton-Picker

Description: Patent for a cotton picker that can be used on several rows of cotton at a time. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Meier, John
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Cotton-Picker

Description: Patent for improvements to cotton pickers providing a wheeled machine that will "remove cotton lint from the plants by mechanical means" (lines 15-16) with added new features to construction and operation, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles & Ascue, Elbert
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Cotton Harvester.

Description: Patent for improved cotton harvester consisting of the parts, constructions, arrangements, and combinations of parts. Patent includes figures for parts in several views.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
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Cotton Harvester

Description: Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
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Cotton Stalk Puller

Description: Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
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Cotton-Feeder.

Description: Patent for cotton feeders to facilitate the replacement of feed rollers without damage to the cotton feeder and be disposed of efficiently, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
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[Photograph of Percy Willis Truck]

Description: Photograph of a Percy Willis truck in Waco, Texas. Two people can be seen in the seats of the truck. The vehicle carries a sign that reads "The Modern Way, Farmer Jones Coming to Town." The truck carries bales of cotton and hay, a can of milk, and a crate of chickens. Arthur James Crow is driver of the truck, and Sam Craven is a passenger. This vehicle was in the Texas Cotton Palace parade. A sign for Maxwell & Co. is on the front of the building.
Date: 1912
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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