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Ebay Description: Vintage set of 5 wooden clothes pins.
These are from the turn of the century.
The pins range from 4-1/2" to 6" long.
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Ebay Description: This early wooden blanket quilt clothes
pin clamp measures approximately 2-1/2” W x 8” L.
Perfect for any primitive decorating or textile display!
Originally used as a jar opener in the kitchen and designed
like a regular clothespin with the same spring action.
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clothes pins come from my own collection which I have
accumulated for 30 years. They were each made from one
piece of Oak with a nice patina and are in very good used
condition with minimal age wear. They each measure
6 1/2" long and 1/2" wide.
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Ebay Description: Vintage Lingerie Laundry Drying Rack.
Composed of an oval Metal Frame with clothes hanger
hook, Wood Clothespins permanently affixed that slide
along the track. It measures approximately
13-1/4" long by 4-1/4" wide.
Composed of an oval Metal Frame with clothes hanger
hook, Wood Clothespins permanently affixed that slide
along the track. It measures approximately
13-1/4" long by 4-1/4" wide.
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Ebay Description: Five very old wooden clothespins
brought over by immigrants from Sweden.
They vary from 5" to 6.5" long.
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Mechanical Clothespins pictured above. As with
mousetraps, there was a time back near the turn of the
last century when the search was on for the "perfect or
better" clothespin. The fellow who came up with this
design was a real thinker. It is way over designed. One has
a repair where it split along the grain and was screwed
back together. The other two are like new. This is a rare
clothespin, and I believe I have the only supply of them
from when I bought these from the original family of the
original inventor. I do not believe they were ever
commercially offered and that there was
but one production run.
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These clothespins were similar to those described by
Lester H. Penley in his patent applications of 1928 and
1943. Mr. Penley’s new and improved clothespins
eliminated the necessity for the freshly washed clothes
to actually touch the clothes line, which, according to
Mr. Penley, was covered with “dust and dirt.” I also
discovered that this type of clothespin was used in
darkroom photographic processing.
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Penley clothespins were made in West Paris, Maine, USA.
Notice the price of 29-cents for 12 clothespins.
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19th century Whalebone clothespin with acorn finial.
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Ebay Description: The person we we bought this from told
us his aunt had run a little country store from the 1930's until
the 70's, and the oversized clothespin was used with a
display of spring loaded clothes pins. It measures 6" by 1"
by 2-1/2" at its widest point. The large clothes pin has a
wonderful patina on the wood and metal, the kind that is
only acquired with age. There is a small round hold on
one side of the pin, near the top, we were told it
was attached to the display to demonstrate how
the clothes pin worked.
us his aunt had run a little country store from the 1930's until
the 70's, and the oversized clothespin was used with a
display of spring loaded clothes pins. It measures 6" by 1"
by 2-1/2" at its widest point. The large clothes pin has a
wonderful patina on the wood and metal, the kind that is
only acquired with age. There is a small round hold on
one side of the pin, near the top, we were told it
was attached to the display to demonstrate how
the clothes pin worked.
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Henry Mellish 1871 Clothespin
2-3/4"H x 1"W x 5/8"D
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Benjamin Charles & Vincent D. Urso
1873 Clothespin
3-1/8"H x 3/4"W x 1/2"D
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Henry W. Sergeant Jr.
1865 Clothespin
4-1/2"H x 1"W x 7/16"D
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David M. Smith
1867 Clothespin
2-13/16"H x 1"W x 7/16"D
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6-5/8" x 1-3/8" x 3/4"
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