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Combined Tabled, Copy, and Bill Holder.

Description: Patent for a combined tablet, copy, and bill holder meant to hold "file-pins in their operative and inoperative positions, to provide simple and improved means whereby a tablet or bills may be covered when not in use or when carrying the device, to protect the same from dirt, &c. and, furthermore, to provide improved means for supporting the holder in position for transcribing" (lines 12-18).
Date: November 26, 1895
Creator: Stuart, Benjamin Franklin & Willson, Frederick WIlliam
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Clock-Winding Mechanism.

Description: Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Everhart, Martin
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Selkirk Candlestick

Description: Patent for candlestick handle/dish with an extension that can be used traditionally for holding and carrying a candle as well as hanging on a nail in a wall with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 13, 1880
Creator: Selkirk, William
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[Insurance certificate, November 17, 1868]

Description: Insurance certificate purchased by Mrs. H.K. Redway from the Lorillard Fire Insurance Company, which was located on 104 Broadway, in the city of New York. The certificate insures the Redway's home for $900.00, clothing and provisions for $100.00, and the barn for $200.00. The total of the insured items and property was $1200.00, an amount which would be paid to the Redways in case of fire.
Date: November 17, 1868
Creator: Lorillard Fire Insurance Company
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[Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred Colonists.]

Description: Copy of a photograph of Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred Colonists. Stafford is wearing a dark jacket with a cape around his shoulders. He has a white shirt with a bow tie tied around the collar. Stafford has graying hair with a bushy beard. He has his right hand on the crook of a wooden cane. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Mildred Ryon Wheat Booth.]

Description: Copy of a hand painted photograph in a frame of Mildred Ryon Wheat Booth. Booth, who has long, red-blonde wavy hair, is wearing a dark colored blouse with white with ruffled black trim collar. A blue-green scarf at her neck has tasseled ends. A black with gold trimmed cross pin is in the center of the tied scarf. A gold chain is hanging around the collar, also. The original painting was in an oval frame with gold trim. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1880
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Log Cabin Village: A History and Guide

Description: Book about the historical Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth, Texas. Includes the histories of the log cabins preserved in the Village, as well as information regarding everyday life in frontier Texas such as cabin construction and milling corn. Contains numerous pictures of log cabins, tools, and furniture from the period.
Date: 1980
Creator: Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., 1938-2003
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Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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