QUIZ - Following the picture of the entire case there is a picture of each shelf. Some of the things are not easily identifiable so they were marked with question marks.

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There are closeups of the mystery items on each shelf. At the bottom of the page they are identified, sometimes with outside links with pictures and information.

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Top Row
Left Column

Middle Row
Left Column

Top Row
Center Column

Middle Row
Center Column

Bottom Row
Center Column

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Top Row
Right Column

Middle Row
Right Column

Mystery Item #8 is below

Bottom Row
Right Column

no mystery items on this shelf

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#1. This is a toaster. The steel camp toaster from REI looks identical.

#2. Some sort of optical device. Don Davis says he thinks that prism like this were look down at the street from an upper story window to see who's at the door. So far have not found anything similar on the Internet.

#3. A nut grinder.

#4. This kind of ear trumpet is called a Miss Green Hearing Horn. Sears Roebuck advertised a large one like this for $1.32 in 1902. In 1908 the price had dropped to $1.25.

#5. Apple corer. Here's one from 1989 in good condition, supposedly worth $100-$300. This one has rust, estimated at $20-$40.

#6 This electro-magnet device looks similar to #8 but without the box and no brass.

#7. A sand rammer for sand casting foundry work. At the beginning of this YouTube clip you can see a rammer at the right side of the shelf behind the homemade molding bench. This 2nd clip in the series on foundry casting shows the hobbyist using both ends of the rammer.

#8. Like snake oil, this electromagnetic device cures everything. Many of them are for sale on the Internet. Here's one in good condition. $150.