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The pictured item is 3 inches wide by 4 inches high.
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Pictured is a vintage one-cell fire alarm, marked Valiant, made in Hong Kong. It measures 4 by 3 inches.
Vintage One Cell Fire Alarm from 1950
I’m thinking it’s a tool used by a telephone repairman.
a vintage address book
I think I remember this thingie….. Is it a bike light? I know it’s 1960’s. I don’t think I had one, but I do remember seeing this somewhere.. A code breaker, or maker of codes? Gosh, I know I’ve seen this before, but I just can’t remember exactly what it was.
IT IS A TELEPHONE PHONE NUMBER DIRECTORY.
YOU DAIL THE LETTER OF NAME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, AND IT OPENS TO THAT PAGE IN THE DIRECTORY.
It is a phone log so you can keep phone number and addresses recorded in it.
A drive-in movie speaker?
Handheld AM transistor radio
Personal phonebook
It’s a bobbin winder for a seamstress!
Robin M.
art4him07@gmail.com
It’s a bobbin winder for a seamstress!
Robin M.
art4him07@gmail.com
This looks like an old pocket hand warmer I used when ice fishing.
Fire alarm
Fire alarm.
That is an address/phone number book. You dial the number and the letters associated with the number open up.
My guess is a little locking money box. It’s just a guess, though.
This is a very bright red Valiant Fire Alarm.
They were sold for home use before my time- I think the 1950s?
It seems to have been spared any fires and in great condition!
A vintage fire alarm
It appears to be a rotary dial phone index made in Hong Kong.
Smoke alarm?
It’s an early fire alarm made by Canton Sons, NYC. The thing that looks like an old phone dial is actually a Piezo speaker. There is a lighter type device on the bottom to test the unit. It used one C size battery.
It’s a vintage household fire alarm from the 1950s/60s made in British Hong Kong.
Vintage security camera
A hand warmer, add a fuel, ignite and hold between hands !
I think it’s a sweater shaver
It’s a home fire alarm from the 1950s.
You dial it and it releases and opens up to card files with names and phone numbers.