Set 384

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2215. 2-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:


























2216. Between 2" and 3" long:


























2217. 4" long, another unidentified item:

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2218. The hammer is normal size, the others are around 3' to 4' long:





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2219. Approximately 8" tall:

























2220. About 2-3/4" long:




































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2215. A seed corn dryer, it was stuck into an ear of corn and then hung up to dry so the corn could be used for the next year's seed.


























2216. These are all year tags for old license plates, mounting slots for these tags can be seen in the plate on this page.


























2217. Haven't been able to verify any of the guesses for this one:

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2218. A hammer cap gun along with some cap bomb canes, they're all noise makers that use cap gun caps.





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2219. A counterweight for a barn door:

























2220. A Victrola phonograph bamboo needle cutter, used to sharpen the point of a needle, patent number 1,248,554.













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