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1957. About 8" long:

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1958. Approximately 12' tall:

















1959. 6" long:

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1960. This was sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify it, the holes on the ends are 1/2" diameter:























1961. 12" long:

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1962. 33" tall:

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1957. A halibut hook

...it was held down by a stone weight so it floated at the bottom of the sea.

The Pacific halibut looks like a fish swimming on its side along the bottom of the sea, except both eyes are on the upper side. It belongs to the flounder family and is by far the largest of all flatfish. Although a halibut can weigh up to 600 pounds, the specially engineered Tlingit hook was designed to catch a fish no larger than a man could haul into his canoe.

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1958. A gate from a lock that was used on the Miami-Erie Canal which connected the Ohio River with Lake Erie:

















1959. A ring cutter for use by an emergency medical technician, patent number 653,557:

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1960. Haven't been able to verify any of the guesses for this tool:
-making pins for barn construction
-cutting holes in leather or other material
-cutting patches for use with muskets
-cutting wads for shotgun cartridges
-cutting cork























1961. A cigar tester, it was "intended to provide evidence of uniform burning and quality of production."

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1962. A stand that was used to bundle rolls of wallpaper in preparation for shipping. A paper covering material (possibly cardboard) was placed in the form. Then printed rolls of wallpaper were placed on the covering and the covering was wrapped around the bundle. The leather straps were also wrapped around the bundle and tightened with the crank to compress the rolls. Then string or tape was wrapped around to secure the bundle, ready for shipping. The stand is open in the middle so string could be put around the package and then lifted out of the stand.

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1951. Approximately 5' wide:

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1952. Around 24" long:































1953. 57" long:



















1954. 6" long:
























1955. About 14" long:




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1956. These photos are both partial shots of something that is common in my area, not sure if they are found all over the country or not:



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1951. A limber that was used with at least four horses to pull a cannon:

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1952. A large rounding plane that is called a witchet, it rounds the male end of a section of wooden water pipe (actually a bored-out tree trunk) so that it fits tightly into the female end of another section or a coupling, it was then coated with tar, and inserted. The tool could have also been used for the same purpose on wooden gas pipes.






















1953. A Cessna tow bar, it attaches to the front landing gear so the plane can be pulled to the hanger:

















1954. A shoe maker's shank laster, used to stretch the upper of a boot over the last into the hollow of the shank:


















1955. A hoof trimmer for a horse, patent number 511,885:


















1956. A portable traffic arrow:















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1945. Approximately 30" long:





































1946. 33" tall:

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1947. 28" long, this cloth was used for a particular purpose:

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1948. 10" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one and a chance to win a prize:

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1949. 4" long:











































1950. 18" long:

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1945.A trap for the Emerald Ash Borer, the traps are sticky on the outside and are scented with Manuka oil to attract the insects. Ash trees in the Midwest are being decimated by the ash borer, these traps are used to monitor how far the insects have spread.





































1946. A well worn butcher's block:

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1947. A United States Lighthouse Service cloth that was used to clean the Fresnel lens at a light house.

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1948. A whale oil lamp:

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1949. A spoke trimmer or spoke pointer, used to taper the end of a wagon spoke so that it centers the hollow auger on the work, these were usually found in blacksmith and wheelwright shops.











































1950. A pair of grain sickles or reaping hooks, used to cut ripened grain by grasping a handful of stalks and then cutting with the sickle.

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