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[Photograph of a trench dug around a field of crops]

Description: Photograph of workers digging a trench around a field of crops. The workers stand in a waist-deep trench, wearing long-sleeved white shirts, overalls, and hats. One of them stands in the foreground, in front of the garden, with a bucket in one hand. Another trench, made of concrete, runs parallel to the one that is being hand-dug. A wooden electric pole and a concrete foundation stand to the left of the garden. Bushy trees border the far end of the pasture.
Date: 192X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Foreign Affairs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Mr. Scott answering important questions about foreign affairs with the middle east.
Date: December 4, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: FW citcon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a routine day at Fort Worth's city council meeting.
Date: June 17, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: APB 106]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas water rights commission which has ordered irrigation to be stopped in two more west Texas areas because of the drought.
Date: July 31, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Falcon Dam fills up]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande being finished.
Date: July 2, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wrench for Rotary Well-Drills.

Description: Patent for a wrench designed to assist in working with rotary well drills. The wrench is adapted for unscrewing the coupling that attaches a drill point to a pipe section, as well as for detaching the pipe sections from one another. The advantage of the wrench is in allowing convenient detachment of the parts of a well drill quickly and efficiently.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Lebus, George Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Irrigating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Sprinkler.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive lawn sprinkler that serves the dual purpose of connecting to a hose to spread the water over a broad area and of holding a hose stationary to water a single area.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Schneider, Gustav H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Irrigation Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Howard, Charles Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill Pipe Attachment

Description: Patent for a windmill pipe attachment that is meant to close the vent opening of a windmill and drain from an opening of the user's choosing.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Boerner, Fredrick W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Packer.

Description: Patent for an improved well drilling device called a "packer", in which this version has a reduced likelihood of the seals between separate parts being damaged and needing replacement.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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