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A portion of the cumulative result of picking up things that I find interesting. The "neatness" factor is always my primary guide for this cabinet.
If anyone here sees anything in these pics they would like an id or further info on, please feel free to ask, i will do my best to answer.
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Thank you AR8Jason and blunderbuss2!
That insulator in pic #3 deserves a closer look, nice collection!
Thanks for the love ttomtucker and walksoftly.
Walksoftly, I will get a closer picture of that item if you like, but I will tell you that this find took me the longest to identify of item I have dug. I thought it was a small, thread-less insulator as well, so I researched it as one.
Turns out this is actually a slag glass automotive ash tray. there is a hole in the side that originally held a suction cup so it could be attached to the old metal dash boards on cars. Of course the rubber suction cup was long gone. Had me stumped for quite a while...
Link: http://www.nia.org/notins/houzex.htm
Happy New Year All!
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love it -- like a flashback to my grandmother's bookshelves -- she loved to walk and collect -- usually along the oregon beaches where she lived -- i learned a lot of history from those bookshelves -- thanks for posting
Thank you epson233. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well that's just the coolest thing, I can see why it had you stumped!
Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Thanks kindly AmberRose, and a Happy New Year to you!
And to you eccentric!
Thanks for the love bratjdd! Happy New Year to you.
Thanks very much rniederman and
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thanks 4 the love ,love what you have there
i could spend many hours looking into these cases! beautiful!
Thank you for the love and kind comments lundy and ho2cultcha! They are genuinely appreciated.
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very nice collection especially the ashtray on wich i really believed from the1970 to now that i had an insulator that i found nailed to a pole an didnt believe it was an ashtray since i worked with old cars all my life and never came across an ashtray like it thanks for shareing all the info
Great collection!
Thanks for the love pops52 and Hedgewalker!
Wow!...:-)
Thanks inky, I appreciate it!