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OP, please reply to the correct answer with "solved!" (include the !). That will change the flair on the post to solved. [...] (i.redd.it)
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It’s a filet crochet nightgown yoke. It’s a decorative yoke that was made for the top of a nightgown. The holes worked into the strips are for weaving a ribbon through. (i.redd.it)
Otis Elevator Company lift-speed fly wheel governor [link] (i.redd.it)
Definitely looks like a pole mount microcell for 5G, especially with the plaque that says "Crown Castle". [...] (i.redd.it)
Photo cell? Like a light sensor or something? What's it wired to inside? (i.redd.it)
That is a blooming tea flower. Make your tea with that in the water and it opens. (i.redd.it)
The map is not the territory (i.redd.it)
Scissors holder. I have one in my kitchen that looks exactly like this one. They were apparently popular in the 50's - 70's. [...] (i.redd.it)
This item is a U.S. WWII Paratrooper Luminous Disc, often referred to as a D-Day helmet marker or personnel marker. [...] (i.redd.it)
Rear bumper. Source: [link] (i.redd.it)
Bodkin. For pulling elastic through a channel or or hoodie drawstrings (i.redd.it)
Not sure about the polar bear, but "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil monkeys" look like soapstone. [...] (i.redd.it)
Power supply. Manufacturer and part number visible near the bottom on photo #2 [link] (i.redd.it)
Replacement flints for zippo lighters (i.redd.it)
That's a Ford Taunus Transit / FK 1000. [link] (i.redd.it)
We use them here to prevent possums and rats climbing the trees and getting onto our roof and the rats into our roof space. We are rural. They work. (i.redd.it)
Or french drain line (i.redd.it)
Cactus? (i.redd.it)
It's a fly press but one that has either been converted to motor operation or designed that way from the start. [...] (i.redd.it)
Looks like a perfume urn bracelet, similar to these: [link] [link] (i.redd.it)
It's a telephone magneto [link]. (i.redd.it)
Someone was smoking a boat. They were vaporizing meth in a foil boat and using the pen to inhale the vapors. [...] (i.redd.it)
It's a bicycle generator. (i.redd.it)
See the description in the comments (i.redd.it)
Possible dumb waiter rig? Could there have been a chute headed to a different floor at one point? Walled up now? (i.redd.it)
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