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Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow. (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow.

Patent for a combined stalk cutter and plow, which has a stalk cutter on the front and a plow on the back.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Peeples, Rufus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin (open access)

Cotton Gin

Patent for "new and improved Cotton Gin" (line 5).
Date: October 3, 1900
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Buckholt House]

Photograph of the Frank Buckholt House in Westphalia, Texas.
Date: April 3, 1993
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank & Julia Buckholt Farmhouse]

Photograph of the Frank & Julia Buckholt Farmhouse in Texas.
Date: April 3, 1993
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Cotton Gins. (open access)

Governor for Cotton Gins.

Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design utilizes a moveable suspended roll-breast and a moveable rocking frame to regulate the amount of cotton fed into the roll-box. This design simplifies and cheapens gin production, and it makes the parts of the gin more adaptable to other gins of different sizes.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Beasley, Henry & Huber, Gauttleb
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Levy Wholesale Grocery, January 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Levy Wholesale Grocery, January 3, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Levy Wholesale Grocery discussing an enclosed check to cover Mr. Armstrong's bill with Levy Wholesale Grocery.
Date: January 3, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut-lock "to be used in connection with a vertical bolt" connecting the axles and wheels of a vehicle or a railroad car with the other parts of the vehicle or railroad car (lines 8-12). It also has "many other purposes" that are not detailed (line 13).
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Bolen, Brantle W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History