UnderMiner
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A garage was being torn down in my area and all the contents was being thrown in a big dumpster. It looked mostly like broken wood and old rugs but I always see treasure when I see a dumpster so I couldn't resist. I asked the workers if I could dig around through the stuff and they said I could. I found a few interesting relics within the debris. A few old tools, a few old books, but then I found something I'd never seen before. In a big yellow envelope there were two WWI letters and a newspaper from VE-day!
A hand drill from 1895:
A newspaper from VE-day!:
Two WWI letters from 1918 US Expeditionary Force!!! (These are unbelievably fragile, just by opening them they began to tear so I put them in plastic to hold them together) Haven't really deciphered what they say yet, but one sentence talks about the death of a friend.
I found a big ball of newspaper that contained a little glass water bulb thing (old fire extinguisher maybe)?
In an old cigar box I found some ancient looking figurines, maybe from 1920's? They say "Japan" on the bottom and appear to be made of paper mache.
The books I found were also very interesting. One is dated 1868 and seems to be some sort of spiritual guide for a soldier in war. Also found a book from 1890 titled: Aunt Dorothy - An Old Virginia Plantation Story. What a great week so far!
A hand drill from 1895:
A newspaper from VE-day!:
Two WWI letters from 1918 US Expeditionary Force!!! (These are unbelievably fragile, just by opening them they began to tear so I put them in plastic to hold them together) Haven't really deciphered what they say yet, but one sentence talks about the death of a friend.
I found a big ball of newspaper that contained a little glass water bulb thing (old fire extinguisher maybe)?
In an old cigar box I found some ancient looking figurines, maybe from 1920's? They say "Japan" on the bottom and appear to be made of paper mache.
The books I found were also very interesting. One is dated 1868 and seems to be some sort of spiritual guide for a soldier in war. Also found a book from 1890 titled: Aunt Dorothy - An Old Virginia Plantation Story. What a great week so far!
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