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[Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle]

Description: Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle. Cylindrical shape abruptly narrows from 3.9 cm to 2.5 cm at the neck (7.3 cm from bottom) and ends in a double lip. Mark on bottom of bottle resembles a three-tiered obelisk, with an "x" in each tier. Text imprinted on one side of the bottle, "BATTERY OIL"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle]

Description: Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle. Cylindrical shape which thins at the neck and ends in a double lip. Mark on bottom of bottle has "000" at top, a jar-shaped imprint in the center, and "2" at the bottom. Text imprinted on one side reads, "EDISON/ BATTERY OIL/MADE IN USA/ THOMAS A. EDISON/ INCORPORATED/ BLOOMFIELD, N.J./U.S.A." Verso is imprinted in script, "Thomas A. Edison."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle]

Description: Clear pressed glass battery oil bottle. Cylindrical shape which thins at the neck and ends in a double lip. Mark on bottom of bottle resembles a three-tiered obelisk, with an "x" in each tier. Text imprinted on one side of the bottle, "BATTERY OIL/ NATIONAL CARBON/ COMPANY/ A DIVISION OF/ UNION CARBIDE/ AND CARBON CORP./ 30 E 42ND ST./NEW YORK 17, N.Y./ MADE IN USA"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Wooden shipping box]

Description: Wooden shipping box for "Kelly Perfect Axes, Kelly Axe & Tool Works of the American Fork & How Co. Charleston, W.Va., USA." (preceding text printed on side of box) Box contained "4 to 5 Dayton Pattern No. 2 hdls Red Tip Thin Blade," according to text printed on bottom of the box. 10-19-1937 imprinted on one end of the box. Water stains evident on wood.
Date: 1937
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A "State of Texas" deed signed by Wm Richter C.D. Barrnet]

Description: A deed signed by Wm Richter C.D. Barrnet of Weimar Lodge No 2001, 1.0.0.F. for the consideration of 10 dollars paid by Thos. J. Rogers and his heirs for a certain parcel or lot of ground, 18x20 feet No 17 situated inside of the enclosure of the Odd Fellows Rest in the vicinity of the town of Weimar. Signed Sept 5 1887
Date: September 5, 1887
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[The Old Jail and Surrounding Area]

Description: Photograph of the old jail and surrounding area taken from the top of the Courthouse during the flood of 1899. There's a group of trees in the far right corner, and railroad tracks in the left corner. This photograph is mounted on a cardboard card with a circular pattern around portrait. The text on the bottom of the cardboard reads: "Lorenz Art Gallery Extra Finish (written in a drawing of a paint palette and brushes) Richmond, Texas." Top and bottom left corner are broken (pieces missing).
Date: 1899
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Miss Euhlia Gomez]

Description: Photograph of Miss Euhlia Gomez (as identified in pencil on back) of Alice, Texas, a classmate of Helen Patterson Rosenbush of the Foster Family. Photograph of a young lady with dark hair wearing a dark skirt with dark, satin blouse, and jacket with white trim on lapels and ruffles at wrist of sleeves. She is wearing a dark hat with S W U printed on the ribbon around the crown of the hat. Gomez is sitting in a chair with a floral print fabric draped across chair arm. Gomez has her right arm res… more
Date: 1891
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Unidentified female member of the Foster Family]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified female member of the Foster Family. Woman with dark hair pulled up into bun at crown of her head, is wearing a white dress with a tied bow at collar. Photo is mounted on a gray textured cardboard matte with beveled edges. Bottom right corner of matte in blue reads: The Sugg Studio, 501 1/2 Main Street, Houston, Texas with a small design under writing. Back of photo in blue ink: Unknown member of Foster Family. Image dimensions are: 5 cm X 9.5 cm.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Man and women posing with a giant fish]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of man and women in bathing suits posing with a giant fish. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "Early Houstonians recall that Houston was a fisherman's paradise. The fishing's good today, too, but bathing costumes have improved considerably in most people's opinion. Houston Streets were never the same again. Photograph from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from… more
Date: 1910
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Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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