Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Certificate of naturalization given to Helvig Jensen Berndt by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor. A black and white illustration of an eagle emblem is at the very top, flanked by the title of the document. The text on the page gives the names of Helvig's children and wife as well as a short physical description of Helvig. There is hand-written text on the back of the document which reads, "H. J. Berndt is U. S. Citizen since May 4, 1908."

Weekly newspaper from El Campo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.

Color copy photograph of a black and white portrait of three children from the Berndt family. They are posed with a textured background behind them, an elegant rug beneath their feet, and a chair in the center of them. There is one boy and two girls, one of whom is an infant. The boy is Andreas Berndt, aged 7 years; he stands to the right of the chair and has one of his hands on the back. He is wearing a white shirt, a bow tie, dark shorts, and stockings. Marie, who was 3 years old at the time, stands on the other side of the chair from her brother. She is wearing a white dress, stockings, and two bows in her hair. Ingeborg, the youngest sibling, is seated in the ornate chair in a white baby's gown. She was 3 months old at the time. A note on the back of the photograph says that these are H.J. Berndt's children.

Copy negative of a framed portrait of the Bram family of Wharton County. Marius Bram and Jakobina Bram are sitting down in the portrait. Their children, from left to right, are Carl, Walter and Johanna (infant).

Patent for a show case. Illustration included.

Patent for Plowing

Patent for a vehicle attachment that allows the driver to detach the vehicle from the horse, should the horse become difficult to control. Illustrations included.

Patent for a show case for goods in stores, which noes not require taking the goods in and out of the case to show them to customers.

Patent for a land roller that has rollers that can move independently of one another.