Keys to Frustrate Burglars -- Unorthodox keys here go to locks designed to increase home security. At left is a key for a "Proof Lock," a $100 device which traps and retains any key used to attempt unauthorized entry. Center is key with indentations instead of notches. It fits a $50 pick resistant lock. The key at right is a metal plate with a coded circuit printed on it. It operates an $800 computer programmed lock.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Keys to Frustrate Burglars -- Unorthodox keys here go to locks designed to increase home security. At left is a key for a "Proof Lock," a $100 device which traps and retains any key used to attempt unauthorized entry. Center is key with indentations instead of notches. It fits a $50 pick resistant lock. The key at right is a metal plate with a coded circuit printed on it. It operates an $800 computer programmed lock.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1970]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Locks...Locksmiths

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