Friday, March 21, 2008

1251. A miter jack, used for planing and smoothing a miter cut.

From Gil Gandenberger's collection














1252. A counter for an old card game called Whist, these came in many other different styles.























1253. This was probably used to spread wires but I haven't been able to confirm the exact purpose.





















1254. Cow kickers, these were placed on the cow's back legs so she couldn't kick the person milking her.






















1255. A concrete anchor

Photo by Simon

























1256. A compound wrench for use by plumbers, patent number 2,015,613.

































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