Yockey Mouse Trap collection

My father has always been fascinated about mouse traps.  It's more than just the trap itself, but the fact that so many people come up with new ideas to build a better mouse trap. People have been making traps for as long as humans and these rodents have existed. For over the last 50 years, he has found, collected and made many mouse traps. He even had a part of his collection displayed in an Alabama museum. My Dad passed away in 2021. In his memory is the first in a series of mouse traps and mouse related items that he has collected over the years.

This is what my Dad wrote about his collection:

Jim Yockey, an Ohio born and raised, South Carolinian, started collecting mousetraps in the 1960's In later years he began looking regularly in hardware and antique stores as he traveled. In most recent years, he discovered "E Bay" where the whole world shops. In Mexico he learned to ask: "Teine usted un tampon por raton" (do you have a mousetrap) in the stores. In China he had his guide write the question in Chinese characters in his notebook and he was able to show that to storekeepers who with a smile would shake their heads no or show their goods. The Chinese guide added a real prize. A bamboo trap he had made himself.

The traps in this collection have come from all over. Many were purchased in stores in the US, Germany, Mexico, South America and China.

Others purchased on the "web" have come from China, Australia, Germany, France and England.

Some are true antiques and some brand new Most have no certain dates on them. We hope you find the collection interesting.

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Metal large mouse or small rat snap trap #104
Snap trap with unique kill bar made of plastic. It looks effective. #106
Trap for placing along a wall. Mouse runs under and gets caught #118
One click metal snap trap. #102
This one has a chain so that critters can't haul it off. #127
Another one click snap trap #55
More snap trap examples #195
Called a pinch trap, this is also a one click set type trap. #47
Small animal foot trap #112
Ramjet. Hard to see in the picture, but it has a mouse face on it. #59
Simple one click plastic snap trap #72
"Press Here" Metal one click snap trap. From Seattle. Old and expensive. #76
Selfset trap (Box only) #75
Old  and new common mouse snap traps #81
Old  and new common mouse snap traps #81
Live Catch Traps
This trap uses a rubber band to close it. Insert a peanut into the hole in the bottom to keep it open. Once chewed on, the mouse gets a surprise! #71
Same trap as #71 just a different color
The bottle trap. In the black plastic part is a small ping pong ball. It acts as a one way valve. The mouse walks in, but does not get out! #121
Another one way valve trap. #125
Live trap made from a sheet of  paper! Well, it's plastic paper, but more than 1=one trap will fit on a single sheet! #220
Mason Jar trap. They drop in, but can't get around the needles soldered to the lid. #48
The Jar in a Can trap. The jar sits on a small wood rod that's tied to the bait. The rod holds up the jar, setting the trap. Mouse grabs the bait, and the jar falls down, trapping the mouse! #73
Teeter totter type live trap by Victor #117
X-Terminator #119
Another live disposable trap #115
Mouse Depot Humane live disposable trap #116
Live trap catches more than one mouse From Australia #102
#102
Teeter Totter live trap. #108
The Whittington poison bait trap. This one is made of white plastic and is quite rare. That has some UV damage from being out in sunlight but is completely intact. #113
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