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Posted 2 years ago
shishijoy
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These keys came from the estate of our former neighbor. This may or may not be relevant, but he traveled in the 1920's, as a small child, from California to Kansas in a Model T.
The Hurd/Ford set (blanks not identical, but cut for the same switch or lock) look old, but I haven't been able to find an identification for them. An ebay seller has some like the Ford one, but didn't know exactly what decade they were from.
I'm a history buff, and things like these keys are a part of automotive and human history. I enjoy a mystery, but I also enjoy having the solution!
KeysThe word “key,” which comes from the Old English word meaning “serving to o…