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2449. 18" long:

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2450. This was sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify it:




























2451. 6' long, also explain why the short inside walls are slightly sloped:

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2452. 1-1/4" x 1-1/8":
































2453. 9-1/2" long:

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Another version of the same tool:

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2454. The largest one is about 16" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2449. A steak tenderizer:

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2450. Two different people positively identified this hook for holding a mail bag, similar to the ones in this photo and patent number 236,328:




























2451. According to the owner this is a watering trough for horses and the internal walls are sloped so that the rock won't get cracked by ice:

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2452. A shotgun shell extractor, as seen in the third photo on this page:
































2453. A tool for applying the lids to bushel baskets, patent number 1,938,807:

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Another version of the same tool:

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2454. Text next to this museum display read: "Set of seven steel caulking chisels used on the Great Lakes schooner Mary A. Gregory, c. 1900. Captain John Harry Woltman used these chisels on the schooner to drive caulk between the wooden planks of the ship. Some of the chisels have his initials "J.H.W" inscribed on them."

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