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Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that connects to other machines, such as cultivators.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step (open access)

Folding Car-Step

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Folding Car-Steps" (lines 5-6) to facilitate easier passenger boarding of rail cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Mayhew, Edwin B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used as a garden hoe. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Weaver, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographic Portrait of Thurman and Herman Maxwell]

Postcard featuring twin infants Thurman and Herman Maxwell, children of Franklin Lee and Nancy Maxwell. They are sitting on a chair with spiral metalwork on its back and legs. The twins are wearing white dresses and bonnets. "Twins" has been written over their heads in red ink, and a T and H have been written on their heads. The reverse side of the postcard has the infants' names written in blue marker, and a handwritten note that reads "To grandma and uncle Ben."
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History