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Picket-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for a picket fence machine for a fence that can be built of wire where normal fence pickets are woven and spaced an equal distance apart, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Purdy, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[People feeding seals at Six Flags]

Description: Photograph of a group of people and a young boy and young woman feeding seals at Six Flags. There is a green chain link fence in front of them. Everyone is dressed in casual attire,
Date: August 10, 1975
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Day care rules]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 10, 1983, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Muzzle-Yolk.

Description: Patent for a cattle-yolk that stops the animals from jumping or breaking through fences. The yolk "will bind upon him, thus effectually stopping the animal from any further effort" (lines 12-15) if it tries to jump or break through a fence.
Date: March 10, 1896
Creator: Courtney, Thomas Lafayette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate Latch.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design "relates to that class of gates which are used to close and open passages through fences; and its object is to compensate for shrinkage of the gate in dry weather and swelling thereof in wet weather, in order that the bolt or latch may at all times extend the right distance from the edge of the gate to properly engage the gate post or jamb" (lines 9-16).
Date: February 10, 1885
Creator: Magruder, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate and the horizontally-swinging arm arranged above the gate and provided in its free end with a longitudinal slot and a series of transverse perforations and engaging the lever, the vertical latch, also pivoted on the gate, and the horizontally-sliding connecting bar between the lower ends of the latch and the lever" (lines 90-101).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Lively, Robert M. & Lively, Louis P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate Latch.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design "relates to gate-latches; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation, and to provide a gate-latch that not only permits the gate to be opened in both directions, but also prevents the same from being opened or lifted from its hinges by the stock, and also a latch that can be easily manipulated without dismounting from the horse" (lines 8-17).
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Brown, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swinging Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved swinging gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the main posts . . . [one] having the shallow recesses therein, of hinges, slotted batten, bell-crank lever connected with the upper hinge-bolt, and with a pin in the slot in the batten, spring, gravity-catch, gate, and roller" (lines 29-35).
Date: April 10, 1888
Creator: Sipe, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "relates to that class of farm-fences embodying upright posts and suspended panels comprising rails and suspending-wires; and its object is to provide a simple and improved fence of this character wherein rails of any length may be used, in which but one suspending-wire to each panel is employed, in lieu of at both ends of the same, as commonly constructed, and in which one or more damaged posts may be replaced without interfering with the fence … more
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Manry, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence-Post.

Description: Patent for a fence post, which can be used for wire or picket fences and has a sturdy anchor for the post.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Titsworth, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Poke.

Description: Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: McWilliams, Anderson W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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