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El Campo Cotton Platform

Description: Photograph taken at El Campo Cotton Platform, which appears to be a kind of property used for the processing and harvesting of cotton. On the platform itself, there are various stacked piles of cotton and hay bales. A procession of horse-drawn wagons on the dirt road in front of the platform are moving forward. Helvig J. Berndt is in one of the wagons, but his actual location hasn't been specified. Additionally, two children can be seen joining the male driver in the front wagon. The photograp… more
Date: 1920/1940
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Wire-Straightening Tool.

Description: Patent for a wire straightening tool, with illustrations, that relies on a series of levers and cams to apply pressure to the wire as it is pulled through. The patent notes that "the wires can be straightened quickly and with facility, thereby permitting the using of all twisted and bent wire which has heretofore gone to waste and resulting in considerable saving of metal" (page 2, lines 14-18).
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Cervenka, Frank L.
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Stamping Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to stamping-machines used for the purposes of marketing nuts. The device can efficiently perform the laborious act of stamping individual nuts with a trademark. It can be adjusted to stamp nuts of any size, along with other similar objects, without breaking or injuring the nut.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Wischhesen, Frederick B.
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Oil-Expressing Cage and Press.

Description: Patent for improvements to Oil Expressing Cages and Presses "for the extraction of oil from cotton seed cake or the like" (lines 11-12) that allows for multiple oil cakes and press plates which can be "readily inserted in or removed from the press as occasion requires" (lines 22-23).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
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Fiber-Cleaning Device.

Description: Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Quijano, Ramon
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Peanut-Roaster.

Description: Patent for a new and improved peanut roaster with a rotating drum that can sound an alarm after a certain interval of time and can be moved directly over a roasting flame, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
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Silo

Description: Patent for a silo that is constructed in sections, making transport more efficient.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Comer, John H.
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Skeleton Structure.

Description: Patent for Skeleton Structures or convertible structures able to be used different agricultural uses that "may be disassembled and reassembled in a different shape either by using the same parts or by adding additional parts," (line 25-28) including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1920
Creator: Dietz, Paul, A.
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Decapitator.

Description: Patent for improvements to decapitator handles which "may be very cheaply produced and will present a broad surface for the hand of the operator which will permit him to exert all necessary pressure without any discomfort to himself" (lines 71-75).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Rece, Frank S.
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Curing-House.

Description: Patent for a curing house for vegetables like sweet potatoes. The inventors "have found that the ceiling and dampers therein are not essential to the successful curing of vegetables; also that an exhaust fan is not necessary and a pent house on the roof with louvers in its sides gives sufficient ventilation and excellent results" (lines 23-28).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
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Can-Closure

Description: Patent for general use to securely close cans containing liquid so that invisible tampering, evaporation, and contamination cannot occur.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Starcke, Eugene P.
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