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1363. A trap for taking live animals, the top and bottom both collapse, making the height just a couple of inches. It's placed in a shallow stream, when it's tripped the animal's leg is caught, after the top expands the leg is released and the elevation apparatus is activated, raising the trap several inches above the water. It's called a Gibbs Armadillo trap because of how it looks, but it was used for catching live muskrats so they could be transported to another area, patent number 1,765,144.

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From the North American Trap Collectors Association Museum

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1364. A Williams nail holder, patent number 1,688,445:

1365. A cresset that is mounted on the bow of a small boat, it's filled with pitch or some other flammable material, basically it's a large torch that lights your path when boating at night.

From the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum

1366. A logger's spring board, it was wedged into a notch in a large tree and served as a platform for the axeman. The end that goes into the tree has a metal reinforcement.

1367. An Evans mouse/fish trap, patent number 189,805:

From the North American Trap Collectors Association Museum

1368. A bending jig for making snowshoe frames:

Another one from the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum

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