Show and Tell - Door Knobs

I am posting this today while I have time to work with the photos. Yes, I know I am one day early. Blackbird's show and tell for Friday (tomorrow) was chosen by her son. He wants to see our front door knobs. Since I have old fashioned door knobs that are original to my house I thought I would show several of the different ones. This is my front door knob. It is in the Sears, Roebuck catalog listed as the "Emerald Design Lock and Hardware". It is a colonial pattern that was very popular at the time the house was built, 1909. It came in bronze metal finished in copper, antique copper, bronze, antique bronze or plain black. depending on the choice of color in the lockset it was priced at $9.95 -$10.05. The knobs cost extra and ran between $5.60 - $5.70. This is what most of the door knobs in the upper and lower front halls, linen closets, bedroom closets and bathrooms look like. The locksets sold in the mail order building catalog for $1.78 per dozen or as much as $4.98 per dozen. They are "Ivory Black Steel Cases" and "Japanned Iron Cases". The keys came in nickle plated steel. The door knobs were extra and cost .93 cents per pair for the pocelain knobs. Three doors have these brown porcelain knobs, the two in my bedroom and the upstairs bathroom. This door needs work. You can see it is out of alignment. This is my cellar door lock. The locks are called a "rim door latch". The door knobs cost .10 cents - .18 cents. The set cost $2.11. The enterior of the cellar door is a simple matching knob. If someone came along and slid the latch you would be/can be/will be locked in with no way out. These are the keys, original to the house, that opens these locks. Amazingly all the locks work. This is not a door knob but it is a fun feature and I thought I would share it here. This is the doorbell on the front door. You ring the bell by turning the key. It has a tinny sound, not quite like an old bicycle bell but close and VERY loud. In my house there are a total of 16 doors complete with working lock sets, 1 pocket door with just the porcelain knobs and 2 back doors with modern locks and knobs. We have 2 doors in the attic that were taken down when the 4 closets were converts to bathrooms -2 linen/storage closets made into one room each for upstairs and downstairs bathrooms. There is a doorway between the living room and dining room that needs a door. For some reason it was taken down. We will be reinstalling it but we have to find 2 of the old door knobs to match.