Day 88: A to Z of a Key Collection

When guests or news people experience our Baldpate Key Collection, almost invariably they ask the question, “But do you have a key to ……?”  Most every time the answer is, "Yes!" since we have keys to most everything from A to Z!

A: Adding machine key

B: Bathroom token key

C: Casket key (did you know there was such a thing?)

D: Donkey (relax, it’s just toy stuffed one)

E: Encryption key

F: Flunkey

G: Gate key to Sherwood Forest

H: Horse Collar lock key

I: Isle of Enchantment (Puerto Rico) key

J: Judge magazine “Seven Baldpates to a 
Keyhole”

K: Keyhole

L: Lightening rod key

M: Master key, T.O. Ranch, Raton, NM

N: Not-a-thing key

O: Opera House, Denver’s oldest, Tabor House key

P: Pocket watch key

Q: Quoin key, used to lock print press forms

R: Rollerskate key

S: Sardine can key

T: Transit key for survey

U: Understanding between all nations, “Key to Peace”

V: Violin chin rest key

W: Wheel key from Civil War cannon

X: Xylophone key

Y: Yale key

Z: Zephyr, streamliner train key

Next time you visit, can you find all these keys? 

If you think of a key that we should have in our collection, bring it with you, join the legacy and make an honored donation!     

Written by Lois Smith

Photos: Casket key and poem, guest contribution 1937
Key to the Gate of Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest