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1890-1920
GUSN-20269
Rat trap; paper label attached on back w/ directions for bating; rounded flat piece on bottom w/ perpendicular wooden piece w/ hook to secure metal wire; springs on back behind perpendicular piece; hole in bottom for bait.
traps (trapping equipment)
wood (plant material)
RATTRAP
Printed label on back: ""MANUFACTURED BY THE/ [?] Manufacturing Co., Limited/ [?] ERIE, P.A."" ""ERIE RAT TRAP./ The Best Rat Trap on Earth""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
6.875 x 3.625 x 6.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.3430
Pennsylvania (United States)
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