one of my best finds

[Conito@55]

 

[pepperj]

Now those are keepers, liking the license.
Congratulations on the recovery.

 

[oldmxrat]

Man, you're killing it up there! Well done, congrats!

 

[billb]

Spectacular recoveries ……
Thank you for sharing this great post..

 

[invent4hir]

WTG! Old tokens and licenses with readable details are such interesting finds - like a window into the past. With them so close in age, I wonder if the same person lost both?

 

[Conito@55]

WTG! Old tokens and licenses with readable details are such interesting finds - like a window into the past. With them so close in age, I wonder if the same person lost both?

Each one was found in different places.

 

[Conito@55]

Spectacular recoveries ……
Thank you for sharing this great post..

Thanks

 

[Conito@55]

Man, you're killing it up there! Well done, congrats!

😅

 

[Conito@55]

Now those are keepers, liking the license.
Congratulations on the recovery.

Thank you

 

[DizzyDigger]

Outstanding! That hunt/fish license would be an absolute treasure.

 

[Gare]

VERY NICE you did OUTSTANDING !!!

 

[Conito@55]

Outstanding! That hunt/fish license would be an absolute treasure.

Yes, it is.

 

[Conito@55]

VERY NICE you did OUTSTANDING !!!

Thanks

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Great finds - the 1912 Hunting & Fishing License is very cool !

 

[jose159]

Those are unbelievable finds! I just wonder if there is a slim chance that the Nevada archives might be able to tell you who the license was issued to. That would be cool as I have recently dug up a Pa hunting license from 1926 and am going to do some research to see if I could identify the owner also.

 

[Conito@55]

Great finds - the 1912 Hunting & Fishing License is very cool !

Yes, it is.

 

[Conito@55]

Those are unbelievable finds! I just wonder if there is a slim chance that the Nevada archives might be able to tell you who the license was issued to. That would be cool as I have recently dug up a Pa hunting license from 1926 and am going to do some research to see if I could identify the owner also.

I didn't find any information.

 

[Silvermonkey]

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Both are great finds in my book. That license is a real winner.

 

[Conito@55]

Both are great finds in my book. That license is a real winner.

Thanks

 

[UnderMiner]

The period from about 1900-1917 in my opinion was just about the most amazing time to be alive in the USA. They had the modern conveniences of the 20th century but still the culture of the 19th. Every adult alive was born in the 19th century but every child (by 1917) was born in the 20th. Everyone's grandpa could tell stories of the Civil War or even the Oregon Trail, all while the children could talk on the telephone and listen to shows on the radio.

There were also still places in the continental USA that were wilderness and wild. Ishi, one of the last "wild Indians" would not come out of the wilderness into the modern world until 1911 - a year after that Boy Scout token was made. Just to put into context - Ishi was still making stone arrowheads and living off the land when the Boy Scouts were already going camping in the same American wilderness.

I consider the American entry into WWI the beginning of the end of the Romantic period and by the 1920's it was quickly replaced by the modern world. Just look at a photograph from any major city taken in 1910 vs. in 1920, there are horses in 1910 but hardlt a single one by 1920 - all replaced by cars. The old days were over.

I also consider the passing of the 16th Amendment as representing a parabolic shift in what the Founding Fathers had originally intended for this country. Essentially 1776 to 1913 was fundamentally different from our world today in terms of individual liberty and self determination.