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Object Number: 222508
Identifier: Threadless Side Pin

Threadless Side Pin

Popular Name: Side Pin
Material: Wood
Condition: Very Good

Notes: Threadless wood pin attached to portion of tree with two square-head nails. Donated September 9, 1903.

Catalog Card Description: Used on Army Telegraph Lines, Pulaski County, Ky. Plain oak bracket 11" long, fastened to piece of ash tree with two cut out spikes of different sizes; section of tree 12" long with bark on one side.

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