🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unknown Indianola, Texas

[sonofmitch]

I have been trying to find out what this is for years. It was found at a ghost/port town of Indianola, Tx. (1840-1886ish Lots of ship and rail traffic. Also involved in Civil War. It's brass with 13 stars.
Mitch

 

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[villagenut]

Great re-solve Bramblefind....i was never buying into the suspenders theory.

 

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[Sandog]

I can accept the interoffice communication system function. Whether ship to shore, or within an office, message attached to the piece via a clip and slid off to another area. I have seen this kind of thing in old films and newsreels. Often used by an order taker to send to order producer.