Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.

Photograph of John Magrill of Longview, Texas. Mr. Magrill is wearing a suit, and there is a pocket watch attached to his vest.

Photograph of Dr. W. M. Cole and Chris Hines of Longview, Texas. The men are standing, and they are shaking hands. Dr. Cole was a founding member and the first president of the Gregg County Medical Society.

Photograph of three young men of Longview, Texas. From left to right, the boys pictured are: LaGrande Kelly, Jerry Turner and Dan Gans. The boys are wearing suits and ties.

Photograph of the 1903 Longview Cannibals Baseball Team in Longview, Texas. The teammates are all pictured wearing their uniforms. From left to right, top to bottom, the members of the team are: Top row: Sol Fisher, Lee Merrill (Team Manager), Shannon Victory. Second row: Dr. J. C. Frances, John Henry Richardson, B. W. Crain, Sr., "Scissor Bill" Lawrence, Will Gilreath. Bottom row: Grady "Bear" White, Jack Johnston, Howell N. Forman, Sr., Jose Munden.

Greeting card with a photographic print from the family of Cody and Maud Culpepper of Longview, Texas. The couple are pictured sitting in a horse-drawn car, and there is a colored illustration of a candlestick. The card includes a note that reads: "With the best of Holiday Wishes." It is signed by the couple.

Photograph of Cody B. Culpepper's photography studio in Longview, Texas. Culpepper and his brother Tom are standing outside the studio, underneath the studio sign.

Photograph of the First Christian Church in Longview, Texas. The church was established in 1872 by nine resident members of the Old School Southern Presbyterian Church. There are several people walking on the sidewalk around the church. A salon, called Mi Lady Beauty Shoppe, is pictured to the left of the church.

Photograph of the inside of the Longview Drug Store in Longview, Texas. The drug store also served ice cream and soda. There are three drug store employees pictured behind the counter.

Photograph of the inside of the first meat market in Longview, Texas. The market was operated on Tyler Street. Four employees are pictured inside the meat market.

Photograph of J. H. Hurst and L. L. Eddins at work at the Longview Texas & Pacific Railroad Station Depot in Longview, Texas. Mr. Eddins is seated at a desk to the left of the room, and Mr. Hurst is standing next to him, as noted on the back of the photograph. There is a furnace in the center of the room, and there is a book press on the right side of the room, sitting on top of a desk. This photograph was taken before the depot was moved to its current location at 905 East Pacific Avenue.

Photograph of Frank Rembert, Kate Rembert, and an unidentified friend from Longview, Texas. They are riding in a replica of an early Ford automobile.

Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.

Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.

Patent for a window sash with metal guides, which hold the window sash in place without the use of other holding devices.

Photograph of Miss Viola Eckman as a high school graduate in Longview, Texas. Viola is wearing a long white dress and a bow in her hair. The photograph is mounted on grey cardboard.

Patent for plow by using “a block located between the spaced beam-bars and serving not only as a spreader for holding the bars apart, but also constituting means whereby the standard or stock may be adjusted to different inclinations with relation to the beam. Another feature is a brace that rigidly holds the standard or stock in place and also forms strengthening means at the point of attachment of the handles to the beam to prevent vibration of the former, thus insuring a rigid and stable structure.” (Lines 25-36) Illustration is included.

Patent for a lightweight plow consisting of a skeleton beam and attached parts.

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.

Patent for a rotary engine "that may be made to effectively employ the full expansive force of the steam or other motive fluid in a uniform manner" (lines 12-14). Illustrations included.

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustration included.

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustration included.

Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).