Today's Mystery of History is a Glove Powder Container. During the late 1800s gloves were often worn for dressy occasions. Ladies and gentlemen would shake a small amount of powder inside their gloves, which made pulling on the gloves easier to achieve. There are holes on the tip of the Glove Powder Container where the powder came out. The long handle went into each glove finger to make it easy for powder to be put in the glove.
Today's Mystery of History is JT McNally's 1879 Coin Scale & Counterfeit Coin Detector. This scale has individual slots designed to fit one of the following: a 1-dollar silver coin, a 50-cent silver coin, a 25-cent silver coin, a 10-dollar gold coin, a 5-dollar gold coin, a 3-dollar coin, a 2 ½-dollar gold coin, or a 1-dollar gold coin. Counterfeit coins differed from standard coins by weight, thickness, or diameter, and this machine measured all three at once to ensure the coins were genuine.
Today’s Mystery of History is a toaster! The Knoblock Pyramid Toaster is a stovetop toaster which wasinvented in Ohio in 1909. Its hollow center and vented sides allowed it to toast bread while its flat top could keep a pot of coffee or tea hot while you waited! Fun fact: the average household spends about 35 hours toasting bread every year!