American History

What the heck is it????

September 21, 2009

guess what this is

I came across this little item during our recent travels. It has an interesting purpose.

What do you think it is?  Include the interesting purpose, if you can.

I’ll provide the answer later in the week if no one gets it correct.

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Commentary and images from the road
September 9, 2009

This post is being simultaneously published on Exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About.

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Eyes of the Great Depression 040

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Early 20th Century Trail Ride

September 16, 2009

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People on horseback going up mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

between 1909 and 1932

National Photo Company Collection.
(Library of Congress)

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c00923

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Eyes of the Great Depression - Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Carolina

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Street scene, Washington, D.C

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War veteran who sells pencils, Omaha, Nebraska

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Hay stack and autos

September 2, 2009

Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado, 1940

Hay stack and automobiles of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado

1940

Photographer: Russell Lee

Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection
Library of Congress

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34202

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4c-Twelve-year old girl of family of nine2

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Dust storm

August 29, 2009

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April, 1935
Prowers County, Colorado.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8e03000

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Eyes of the Great Depression

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