Cotton-Baling Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Machine.

Patent for an effective cotton-baling machine that improves on how cotton is compressed and fed into the rotary, that stretches the cotton to its thinnest, that improves on how the core is carried, that raises and lowers the compressor roller, that improves on the rack-and pinion mechanism, that improves on how the ends of the cotton roll are pressed, and that quickly and easily finishes each bale.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E. & Dare, Benjamin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere discussing the ten heaviest sugar volume states and the U. S. A. deliveries since 1949. The total deliveries are listed for each year for multiple states.
Date: March 27, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond E. Hartz to Harris Leon Kempner, February 27, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond E. Hartz to Harris Leon Kempner, February 27, 1963]

Letter from Raymond E. Hartz to Harris Leon Kempner telling that he really enjoyed meeting Harris with John McCray last week. And explained how he feels about their consideration of his organization.
Date: February 27, 1963
Creator: Hartz, Raymond E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History