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Vintage SUNBEAM TESTER Model T-35219 for 4 Appliances! - (eBay item 290181454480 end time Nov-20-07 19:16:35 PST) This is Sunbeam Tester T-35219 from Elematic Equipment Corp., Chicago, Illinois. Model T-35219, T/C IC, Serial No. 3296.
The top left switch toggles between 50 or 110 Volts. The switch on the top right toggles between Heat Test or Cold Test.
The appliances it was built to test were an ironmaster, coffeemaker, waffle baker, or cooker and fryer. I. C. Couple Res.=2.743 Ohms. The meter range is 70 to 700. The plug looks a little funky.
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Vintage SKILL BINGO Put Steel Balls in Rows, Scoreboard - (eBay item 290181434303 end time Nov-20-07 19:15:00 PST) This is a different wrinkle on Bingo. The box lid says, "Skill Bingo, A New Fascinating Game." It is "Copyright 1938 Bar-Zim Co., Jersey City, N.J. Made in U.S.A." The lid is covered in red paper with an alligator texture.
Inside the lid are the playing rules. The winner is whoever reaches 1000 points first by getting five balls in a row four different ways. A scorekeeper tracks each player's progress on the long green scoreboard.
There are eight metal balls in the blue box, five in the red box and seven in the yellow box. There are three wooden game pieces for the green scoreboard and might have been more when new.
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Vintage HERBRAND NO. 188 TOOL Old Weird Claw Pliers! - (eBay item 290181403192 end time Nov-20-07 19:00:00 PST) This is a strange tool to me. Would you call them pliers? They're marked, "Herbrand No. 188, Made in U.S.A."
They're made of a silvery metal and have much patina. Do you know what this tool is for?
Do you want this old mystery tool?
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Vintage Metal COOKIE CUTTERS in Box For Party Occasions - (eBay item 290181394824 end time Nov-20-07 18:45:00 PST) This set of cookie cutters looks like it came out in the forties. The lid says, "Cookie Cutters made of Metal For All Party Occasions." They seem to be made of tin.
There were twelve cutters originally, but three are missing: star, clover, cross. What's in the box are the axe, heart, deer, lamb, chicken, fish, rabbit and two I can't identify.
The metal has some patina, but the cookie cutters are still usable.
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Vintage AMERICAN LA FRANCE FOAMITE CORP UNIVERSAL TOOL - (eBay item 290181316457 end time Nov-20-07 18:30:00 PST) This strange old cast iron tool is marked, "American La France Foamite Corp" on one side and "La France Universal Elmira N Y" on the other side. A Google search gives me links to fire extinguishers and fire trucks, so maybe this is something to go along with one of those?
The little flat area on a stalk coming out the middle of the tool has a chip missing. The side of the curved end has a small square with something inside that could be 11 or A or U or H. Not much help to me. How about you?
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2 Vintage Cast Iron Wood-Burning STOVE LID LIFTERS Tool - (eBay item 290181289827 end time Nov-20-07 18:15:00 PST) These two old tools were used to lift the lids on old wood-burning cook stoves. The short one is marked "4" on the bottom of the tip. The one with the mesh handle is marked "00" on the handle and might have said something more, but it's obliterated by rust.
Can you imagine the clanking sound of shifting a stove lid out of the way to check the fire? Can you hear the roar or hiss of the flames? What was cooking? Eggs? Beans? Meat? Or maybe someone's warming his sock feet on the rail of a pot belly stove.
You don't need the actual two-ton stove for such memories. Just hang these old cast iron lid lifters on your wall.
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