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Cotton-Boll-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Boll-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a more practical and compact cotton boll cleaning or ginning machine.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Lokey, Allen T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Valve Lock for Motor-Cars. (open access)

Fuel-Valve Lock for Motor-Cars.

Patent for a fuel shut-off valve for motor cars. The device would prevent fuel from flowing from the tank to the engine with the turn of a key, preventing the vehicle from being stolen.
Date: March 15, 1921
Creator: McQueen, Roy O. & Batson, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 7

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 8

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 9

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Memphis 1920 Sheet 10

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Memphis in Hall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1920
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Trailing Device (open access)

Automatic Trailing Device

Patent for an automatic trailing device. This device is made to "successfully follow the tracks of the front vehicle without the use of a driver on the vehicle in tow" (lines 14-17).
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Sloan, Charles Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Memphis Democrat (Memphis, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1928 (open access)

The Memphis Democrat (Memphis, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Memphis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 14, 1928
Creator: Wells, J. Claude
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dr. John Angus MacMillan] (open access)

[Clipping: Dr. John Angus MacMillan]

Newspaper clipping about Dr. John Angus MacMillan leaving Memphis for a pastorate at First Presbyterian Church in Brady, Texas.
Date: August 7, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping with Statemenst About the Retirement of Dr. MadMillan] (open access)

[Clipping with Statemenst About the Retirement of Dr. MadMillan]

Newspaper clipping including excerpts from letters written by Memphis, Texas citizens about Dr. John Angus MacMillan.
Date: [1927..1951]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library