"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in message
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"R.H." wrote in message
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Several new photos have been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


270 is a lantern slide. Edward Van Altena was a famous maker of lantern
slides. It's just the right size and is quite thin. Try googling his
name
and you will come across some great websites with images of van Altena
slides. We have a few old astronomy lantern slides at our observatory.


Correct, what I like about the magic lanterns is that they used a flame for
a light source instead of a light bulb, there are some really cool looking
photos of some a the bottom of this page:

http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/col.../exhibit02.htm

266 is a real mystery object. It looks home-made to me. Possibly for
dipping eggs for Easter-egg dyeing? The loop looks a bit too big for
this.
Please test and see if it can pick up an egg out of a pan of water.

I don't have any eggs, but I can tell you that the inside dimension is 1
11/16", probably too large for most eggs.