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It looks like a big ligther.

Submitted by John L. Schultz on Thu. 2011-12-22 12:12am

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Could be a case for extra long matches to start a fire, you know, the long ones so you don't burn your fingers....possibly.

Submitted by Bill Plaster on Fri. 2011-12-30 3:12pm

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I believe what the item is a container for carrying fusee flares which were in common use in by gone days of the railroad?

Submitted by Richard Gibbons on Thu. 2012-01-05 3:01pm

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could be for matches or cigars.kinda big to be a lighter.Maybe can store matches so they do not get damp.I would say cigar case

Submitted by l on Thu. 2012-01-05 5:01pm

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From personal expereiunce I know that this type of case is to hold long fireplace/woodstove matches. The open side would have a little sand in the bottom into which spent matches were stuck and the covered side would hold unspent matchsticks. The cover serves to keep the matches dry.

Submitted by Margaret Vanderzweerde on Sat. 2012-01-07 10:01am

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The Item on page 65 of your Feb. March magazine is a paper counter I use this item for years at a printing plant in winnipeg MB.

Mike Roy

Submitted by Mike Roy on Mon. 2012-01-30 5:01pm

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