Handcuffs
- Object Name:
- Handcuffs
- Object ID:
- 2018.050.05
- Creator:
- Argus Manufacturing Company
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- circa 1940
- Description:
- Handcuff, used by New Hampshire State Police. Steel. Single handcuff with curved T-shaped handle. Jaws open when body is rotated. One side of body stamped "THE IRON CLAW / 84520". Other side stamped "ARGUS MFG. CO. / CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A. / PAT. 1950757 / PAT. 2066654". Knurled locking collar.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-5.5 W-4 Dia-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Possibly used by Sergeant Ernest H. Swift (1894-1986) of Wolfeboro, NH, Troop E, one of the original 48 state troopers. The New Hampshire State Police was established in 1937.
Patent dates are 1934 and 1937. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Christopher E. Conley
- People:
- Swift, Ernest H. (1894-1986)
- Subjects:
- Handcuffs, State Police
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