Been through Central Missouri this weekend

[Northwoods]

Came back with some good stuff:

1 1/8" Plomb Pebble combo in nice shape.  That bugger is 16" long!  Working on my set.

Albertson Sioux #775  1/2" female ratchet with leather-clad handle.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Albertson-Co-3-8-Head-Ratchet-Wrench-/181818796358?hash=item2a553ea946:g:L~0AAOSwT6pVurhs

Controlled Steel open end in 15/16 by 1" in sweet shape.  Biggest in my set yet.

Two B&C s-shaped adjustables in gooey black paint.  $5.50 for the wrenches; $.50 for the paint remover.

Bonney combo #1166 in 3/4".  An Outline style (AA) from the early '60's.  Too pretty to pass up.

And two pressed steel sockets open on only one end.  I got them at different places, and they do not seem to be brothers at all.  But maybe cousins. 
The first is marked VLCHEK.  3 1/4" long.  Hex opening is 13/16" and the hex drive on the other end is 3/4".  Like the one in this picture of a bogus early Chevy took kit.  I could be easily convinced it is a spark plug wrench.
http://www.theforgottenchevy.com/accessories.html

The other is unmarked.  3" long.  Hex opening is 1 1/8" and the square drive on the other end is 5/8".  Early lug wrench?

Any ideas, folks?

[Northwoods]

Oops!

The Albertson Sioux 1/2" ratchet is, on closer examination, a 7/16" ratchet! 

[Plyerman]

Probably a silly question here, but what would a 7/16 ratchet be used for?


The reason I ask is because I've got this old Houghton patent ratchet/hammer tool, which has a 7/16 square hole in the ratchet.

[EVILDR235]

There to be other drive sizes years ago. Now we have the survivors 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, 1 , 1-1/2. I have a number of Plomb and Snap-On 9/32 sockets and drive tools from the 1940s. I have a modern Proto socket in 5/8 drive. I am surprised someone hasn't come up with a drive size in metric. 8mm, 12mm, 14mm, 18mm ?

EvilDr235

[turnnut]

 that's a cool hammer/ratchet you have there, never seen one before.

Herbert L. Houghton was from Worcester, Massachusetts, it's may be possible that it was sub-contracted to
either Walden Tool Co. or Prentess Co.  both of Worcester

[Northwoods]

But!
Does anyone have info about the two pressed steel sockets described in the top post?

[J.A.F.E.]

Snap-on made 1/8 drive although only a few socket sizes and spinner handle not a ratchet. They also made 5/8 and 7/8 drive and I have a Blackhawk ratchet that is 7/16 drive.

[Bill Houghton]

One of my (probably lateral, distant, or otherwise far away in the family line) ancestors was a clever guy: If the bolt won't come loose with the wrench, the persuader's right there!