Whether they're memories of people, places or situations, I think that most of us have fond recollections that include keys, locks, hardware or perhaps that oh-so-cool hardware store or your grandfather's garage.
The keys on this page are sentimentally important to me. I hope you enjoy them.
While not important on their face, these Best keys were given to me by my father. They are from a now defunct television tube manufacturing plant in upstate New York
My father bought this key for me on a business trip to Buenos Aires
My father bought the Bulldog on a business trip to Tokyo, and I bought the Dudley in Pennsylvania in my early teens
My mother deserves equal credit for contributing to my collection. These are a sampling of keys received as birthday and Christmas gifts (some of which were her father's)
Some keys have never 'worked'. Gifts from friends, these are ceremonial, from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and the Czech Republic
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