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Cotton Picker's Shade. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Cotton Picker's Shade.

Creator

  • Inventor: Arnold, William Noah
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Arnold, W.N., of Omen, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Arnold, James, Henry
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Payne, Joe
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1881-06-14
  • Acceptance Date: 1881-06-14
  • Submission Date: 1881-04-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
  • Physical Description: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: cotton pickers' shades

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Smith County - Omen

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 242739
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth170175

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,739, dated June 14, 1881. Application filed April 2, 1881. (No model.)"
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