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[Old man with a dog]

Description: This is a photograph of a room filled with items. In the center of the room, there is an older man (Nick Merfelder, the Justice of the Peace at Fort Davis) with a moustache sitting in a chair smoking a pipe and reading something on a short table in front of him. A large dog is sitting next to him with its head in the Merfelder's lap. There are several chairs and tables covered in books, papers, and lambs near the man. The room is relatively large with wood paneling across the floor, far wal… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Illustration of two men and a woman]

Description: Photograph of a slide for Equitable Savings that has illustrations of three people that are drawn from their chest up. The slide is pinned to a black board. In the lower left corner of the slide is an illustration of a man who is wearing a suit jacket and tie and is holding a lit pipe in his right hand. His eyes are open and he is looking to the right of the slide. In the upper middle section of the slide is an illustration of a woman who is shown in profile as her head is turned to the right s… more
Date: October 26, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Well-Strainer.

Description: Patent for improvements to well strainers. Plugs with slats are applied throughout the pipe, making the plugs stronger and capable of enduring more strain.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Swivel.

Description: Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Embry, Leonard B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark - Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in spark-arresters. This design is to "provide and improved device of this class which is adapted to be connected with the pipe or escape-flue" (line 20 - 23).
Date: February 1, 1898
Creator: Woods, Murray Stover
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ratchet Pipe Cutter

Description: Patent for improvements to a ratchet pipe cutter, which includes an adjustment system to allow for pipes to "approximately quickly adjusted to different sizes of pipe and subsequently automatically moved toward the cutting roller"(lines 11-13).
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: Hestand, Rue S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe Connection.

Description: Patent for "an improved means of connecting the T which usually joins the pipe of a windmill-operated pump to a cistern-pipe" (lines 7-9)
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Collins, Livingston G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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