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🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unknown Indianola, Texas

sonofmitch

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I have been trying to find out what this is for years. It was found at a ghost/port town of Indianola, Tx. (1840-1886ish Lots of ship and rail traffic. Also involved in Civil War. It's brass with 13 stars.
Mitch
 

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It looked to have a small pulley on each end of the curve. I would guess it is some type of small trolley that would hang from a rail ( circle pointing down) then something would hang from that and could be moved back and forth by rolling down the rail. Like a drill or some other small tool.
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I can accept the interoffice communication system function. Whether ship to shore, or within an office, message attached to the piece via a clip and slid off to another area. I have seen this kind of thing in old films and newsreels. Often used by an order taker to send to order producer.
 
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