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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000.0.1118 | Antique padlock |
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| Lock, keyed padlock with protective keyhole cover and no key; makers mark: (crown) W.R PATENT | 
Description: Lock, keyed padlock with protective keyhole cover and no key; makers mark: (crown) W.R PATENT |
| 2013.241.1969 | Trowel with wood handle inserted into metal trowl head |
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| Tool. Trowel. Wood handle inserted into metal trowl head. | 
Description: Tool. Trowel. Wood handle inserted into metal trowl head. |
| 2014.285.2033 | Pencil sharpener ca. 1890 |
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| Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com) | 
Description: Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com) [show more] |
| 1000.0.1132 | Wood mallet |
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| Tool, wooden mallet, large, commercially made handle with replacement homemade head, used in boatbuilding | 
Description: Tool, wooden mallet, large, commercially made handle with replacement homemade head, used in boatbuilding |
| 1000.116.1130 | Tommy Sticker: brass candle holder with metal spikes |
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| Tool, "Tommy Sticker", a brass candle holder with metal spikes on the bottom and side, to be forced into a wooden wall, beam, etc. to provide light while leaving hands free | 
Description: Tool, "Tommy Sticker", a brass candle holder with metal spikes on the bottom and side, to be forced into a wooden wall, beam, etc. to provide light while leaving hands free |
| 1000.0.1119 | Folding ruler made of wood and brass |
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| Tool, wood and brass folding ruler; makers mark: STANLEY No 54 | 
Description: Tool, wood and brass folding ruler; makers mark: STANLEY No 54 |
| 1000.0.1285 | Large metal peavey or cant hook |
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| Tool, large metal C-shaped hook, probably from a peavey or cant hook, for rolling and moving logs | 
Description: Tool, large metal C-shaped hook, probably from a peavey or cant hook, for rolling and moving logs |
| 1000.0.1134 | Compass with pencil |
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| Tool, compass, with pencil, used to draw arcs and perhaps measure distances on maps; makers mark: S. COPELAND, PAT. MA??? | 
Description: Tool, compass, with pencil, used to draw arcs and perhaps measure distances on maps; makers mark: S. COPELAND, PAT. MA??? |
| 1000.0.1258 | Iron pot with fire starter |
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| Pot, kerosene pot with fire starter | |
| 1000.0.1257 | Sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas |
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| Tool, leather sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas. | 
Description: Tool, leather sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas. |
| 2013.214.1916 | Large pulley with metal hook |
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| Tool, large pulley with metal hook | |
| 2014.302.2058 | Table |
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| Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border. | 
Description: Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border. |
| 2013.228.1370 | Sitz Bath that belonged to Moorfield Storey |
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| Furniture. Sitz Bath 27" diameter; belonged to Moorfield Storey | 
Description: Furniture. Sitz Bath 27" diameter; belonged to Moorfield Storey |
| 1000.0.1304 | Carved walking stick |
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| Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman | |
| 2013.214.1905 | Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge |
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| Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge. | 
Description: Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge. |
| 2013.214.1868 | Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather |
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| Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides | 
Description: Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides |
| 1000.0.1286 | Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown) |
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| Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden? | 
Description: Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden? |
| 1000.0.1298 | Wooden tool with eyelet (unknown) |
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| Tool, wooden tool with eyelet (unknown name) | 
Description: Tool, wooden tool with eyelet (unknown name) |
| 1000.0.1288 | Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown) |
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| Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name) | 
Description: Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name) |
| 1000.0.1290 | Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown) |
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| Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end) | 
Description: Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end) |
| 1000.0.1343 | Metal jug |
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| Metal jug, sides and bottom wrapped in wood, with cork, on metal bottom BOSTON CAN CO | 
Description: Metal jug, sides and bottom wrapped in wood, with cork, on metal bottom BOSTON CAN CO |
| 1000.0.1345 | Glass jug |
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| Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
Description: Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
| 1000.0.1223 | Lantern |
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| Lantern | |
| 1000.116.1123 | Part of a balance weighing scale |
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| Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970 | 
Description: Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970 |
| 1000.0.1297 | Vintage 2 hook metal balance scale |
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| Scale, balance scale with 3 hooks for: 1) hanging it, 2) hanging the unknown weight object,and 3) hanging known weight counter balance weights | 
Description: Scale, balance scale with 3 hooks for: 1) hanging it, 2) hanging the unknown weight object,and 3) hanging known weight counter balance weights |
