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Pair of steel, round bow, adjustable ratchet handcuffs. These handcuffs were used in Dodge City. This model was known as Second Model Tower Bottom Key Handcuffs. Tower was the first handcuff manufacturer to use the adjustable ratchet cuff. Tower produced handcuffs from the 1860s until World War II.
Creator: Tower
Date: between 1860 and 1869
Item Number: 316755
Call Number: 1954.48.0
KSHS Identifier: 1954.48.0
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Local Services
Community Life - Community services - Police and other law enforcement
Date - 1861-1869
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Regulative & Protective - Handcuffs
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Counties - Ford
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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