try your local Cooperative Extension Service - can find in phone book -- Goverment section
or on web
 
maybe they have a meeting where the gadget could be displayed
 
or they have other sources 
 
Barbara Hass, Retired reference librarian
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Roberts <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:44:23 -0600
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Farm tools?

Good morning! 
We recently received a donation of what look to my untrained eyes like ordinary shears that have been left outside for a number of years.  A local resident found the shears in the bed of a creek, and he (and we) would like to know more about them, such as their approximate age.  I have more experience with paper items that with farm or gardening tools, and I'm not sure how to find out the information, other than calling all of the farm-based museums in the area.  Can anyone out there point me in the right direction?  I'll be happy to share a picture of the shears with interested parties.
Best regards,
Rachel Roberts
Dallas Historical Society
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214.421.4500 ext. 110
 
P. O. Box 150038
Dallas, TX  75315-0038

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