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Post Hole Digger (open access)

Post Hole Digger

Patent for post hole digger with a simple construction which can be manufactured at a comparatively smaller cost.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Day, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Damiel W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards, June 4, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Damiel W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards, June 4, 1953]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards placing an order for peaches to be shipped to him and two of his siblings. A handwritten note at the bottom of the page reads: "Sorry, no peaches here. Mother nature killed all 700 acres. Try Matt Ward, Pittsburg, Texas."
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Walker, Charlie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser. (open access)

Cotton Condenser.

Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Sewell, Franklin Milner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Matt Ward, June 8, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Matt Ward, June 8, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Matt Ward discussing about peaches shipments and request for price details.
Date: June 8, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. G. Farrier Orchards, July 1949] (open access)

[Letter from W. G. Farrier Orchards, July 1949]

Letter from B. B. Brown of the W. G. Farrier Orchards announcing that their latest crop of peaches is ready to be shipped and providing prices.
Date: July 1949
Creator: W. G. Farrier Orchards
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, August 15, 1947] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, August 15, 1947]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner requesting half a bushel of peaches if they are good.
Date: August 15, 1947
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Card from W. G. Farrier Orchards, June 28, 1949]

Card from W. G. Farrier Orchards to Daniel Kempner regarding a shipment of Elberta Peaches. An invoice is said to be mailed at the time of shipment. A one-cent stamp of Thomas Jefferson is at the top right corner.
Date: June 28, 1949
Creator: W. G. Farrier Orchards
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards, June 4, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards, June 4, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. G. Farrier Orchards discussing a shipment of peaches.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date: May 9, 1871
Creator: Hughes, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin that is durable and strong.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace. (open access)

Bed-Brace.

Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Lockett, Wyatt W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing. (open access)

Ball-Bearing.

Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History