Draw knife with folding handles. Ratchet mechanism for positioning handles is unlocked by pulling on bolts next to the junction of the handles and blade.

The basic shape is a T of the nutcracker. The top part of the T is the actual nut cracking contraption. It is set up similar to a vice with a T-shaped handle that screws. The socket through which the handle screws has OIL written in relief lettering. Underneath the place for the nut , written in relief is Patented / Perfection Nut Cracker. On the exact opposite side is written Branford Conn. / Mall. Iron Ittings Co. Next to the latter is written vertically MODEL 28. Below this section with lettering is another vice, much small, used for stabilizing the nut cracker to a table. The screw handle is T-shaped as well. The screw is bent a little at the bottom and does not screw in all the way.

Cylinder tape measure with the top and bottom painted maroon in the center of the top is a brass folding flush handle which extends to the other side and looks like a button. The edge is painted gold and has a square opening with two cylinder posts that help the linen tape pull out. The tape is supposed to be 100ft long, but the 1st two inches have been torn off. The linen is yellow and is divided into feet, inches and fourths. Each foot starts over with 1 and instead of a 12 written in red is a F1, F2, F3, etc. Other than that, all lettering is in black. On both sides of the opening for the tape are stamps, on the right upside down is Lufkin / Made in the USA; on the left upside down is 100FT.

Postcard, Sugar Land, 500 Turkeys. Tenant cabins in background. Turkeys in center of photo. African-American man walking in (left) background.

Craftsman hand drill with wooden bracing handles and crank knob. Large gear plate is painted red on inside and outside. Body is metal painted black. Key less chuck. Belonged to Amos Edward Stainton.

Postcard, South Texas Prairie. Car on dirt road to the left of the photo. Fence line runs through center of photo. Farm house surrounded by trees is in the background.

Soldering iron with a wooden handle with a wire holding it together to keep it from cracking, which it has already begun to do. From the handle is a thin neck that ends with the head which is octagonal with copper covering a steel base.

Postcard, Hogs and pumpkins, Sugar Land. Pumpkins in foreground. Hogs in center of photo. Fence in background. Small white, wooden building in (far left) background.

Spiral auger that has a 27 cm long spiral bit with a screw tip and a four-sided flat-tipped pyramid-shaped handle insert. The handle is missing. It is marked "6/8" for 6/8 in.

Postcard, Sugar Mill. Canal in foreground. Mill with smoke stacks in background. Tree obscures partial view of mill.

Postcard, Bank, Rosenberg. Two story, brick building. Wooden railing along top of roof.

Postcard, Sunset Limited. Train to left of photo. To men in foreground standing next to train. Three men standing between train and buildings. Wooden fence on right.

Postcard image of the Old Rosenberg School. Wooden, white, two-story building. Wooden fence surrounds school. Other buildings in background.

Photograph, T.B. Wessendorff Residence, Richmond, Texas, 1901. Ornate two story Victorian home with white picket fence enclosing yard. Wrap around porch on lower level, two smaller porches on upper level divided by a turret. Diamond pattern repeats in the roof tiles and in leaded windows in the upstairs turret and downstairs bay window. Image is mounted onto a tan cardboard matte. Bottom half of matte is in poor condition. Entire bottom edge is missing, plus bottom corners are broken off. Image is intact. Image dimensions: 19.3 cm x 11.9 cm See 1972.093.169 for another copy of this photo.

photograph of T.A. Wessendorff house, Richmond, Texas, corner of Morton and 11th St. One story home with scalloped picket fence around the yard. Image is mounted on black cardboard substrate. Image dimensions: 17.8 cm x 12.4 cm

Photograph of four children in a pony cart. Cart is parked in front of a white house and fence, with woman standing in the background at left. Image is mounted on a gray cardboard matte with white scroll-style decorations around the image. Identification written on the back of photo in pen as follows: "Pony (Countess) and cart belonging to Lizzie Wessendorff (left). Other occupants were Nettie Laurie Winston, Jenetta Wessendorff, Blakely Winston."

Photograph of Wessendorff Lumber Yard, about 1906. Long lumber sheds on left and right sides of image. Mule cart with three African American men sitting on top of a load of lumber are at center. The two men standing in front of the cart in white shirts holding books are T.B. Wessendorff and Ed Wessendorff. Two more white men are standing at the corner of the right shed at the right edge of the photo. Image is mounted on tan cardboard matte. Top right and bottom left corners are broken off. There are pencil marks all over the image surface. Image dimensions: 17.4 cm x 12.0 cm

Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate of a horse and wagon. Wagon is decorated and has a sign: Texas Lands and Loans, Fort Bend County. Wagon has people waving flags in it. Two story wood building in background. Top, right corner is broken (piece missing). Back of photo in pencil: Mrs. Irma (unreadable) about 70 years ago (1904?) corner Morton and ? On same side of Morton present City Hall and across from the city hall.

Photographic group portrait of men, women, and children, taken in front of a grove of trees. All are dressed up, as for church or a celebration. Single boy in white clothes and straw hat is sitting on the ground in front of the rest of the group. Photograph has extensive mechanical damage. All four corners of mounting substrate are broken. Photographic surface is cracked and flaking.

Photograph of the Sons of Herman Lodge in Needville, Texas in 1908. Some of the members of the lodge have been identified as front row left to right: Mr. Kossler, Mr. Hackstedt, August Schendel, Mr. Thoeff, Unknown, Mr. Ernest Zwahr, Unknown, Unknown, Mr. Reeh, Unknown. Second row: Unknown, Unknown, Charlie Seiler, Adolph Seiler, Mr. Jungerman, Mr. Quebe, Mr. Requardt, Mr. Moench, Unknown, Unknown. The group is posed in front of a wooden unpainted building. The photograph is mounted on a black cardboard matte. The matte is peeling and worn. Image is also peeling. Image dimensions are: 24.5 cm X 19.2 cm.

Photo mounted on cardboard. Baker and Hirsch Store. Two men behind store counter to left of photo. Four other men in store. Bunch of bananas suspended from a rope in center of photo. Cardboard mount is broken away in several places.

Postcard image of a Richmond home. Two and a half story, white, wooden house with porch on northwest corner. White picket fence with scalloped design in front of house. Tree branches in front yard have been cut. Partial view of utility pole on far left.

Photo on cardboard mat. Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm. 700 bodies were carried to sea by barge. Six men on a barge littered with bodies. Bottom fourth of photo is whited out (possible obstruction to camera).

Photo on cardboard mat. Planks of wood are scattered. A covered body is lying on top of a large wooden surface. An open box is at bottom, right corner of photo. Some building appear to be left standing in the background. Back of photo reads: NO-44. 20th & M1/2 St- At dawn Sept. - 9 1900, dead could be seen at every Turn.