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Padlocks

Antique Collectibles, Oddities and More

Hubley Cap Gun Padlock

8/22/2016

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Identification -  
Hubley Cap Gun padlock 

History - 
Cap guns first appeared following the end of the American Civil War in the mid 1860's. Hubley was from Lancaster Pennsylvania and started in 1894. The Hubley company made some of the finest cap guns have ever seen.  The cap gun padlock pictured here was introduced to the market in 1958 

Tech Info - 

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United States Bureau of Internal Revenue

7/5/2016

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Identification -  
U.S.B.R - United States Bureau of Internal Revenue is a solid brass padlock.

History - 
The U.S.B.R. is a tamper proof paper seal padlock. A U.S. Patent was issued to Thomas Slight on August 5, 1878 and produced by Slaymaker Lock Co. in Lancaster, PA until the early 1920's. 

Tech Info - 
The key rotates counter clockwise to unlock and a window reveals a paper seal.
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    Ronny Chase, Buffalo Key & Lock of North Tonawanda, N.Y.  is an antique padlock collector and is considered a leading expert and curator of the largest padlock collection on Earth. He has been featured on ABC Eyewitness News.

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