Unbelievable! Was going in the trash.

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A buddy of mine works as a maintenance worker for a county school system. He was talking to another school worker friend at a local grade school which was doing remodeling of their library and was tossing out items to the dumpster that was unwanted. Look what was going to the dumpster. He saved it from being discarded. Unbelievable they didn't donate to a museum or county library.
 

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Well it was documented history in the frame.

In the world we live in now, it seems that there's a get rid of it, bury it, destroy it, and to rewrite it.

Great save by a person that cares to preserve what history really was.
 

His timing was amazing, what a great save. That's a nice looking jawbone of a deer. (Edit- Would it be possible to get a better image of the text? Or does someone know how to scan it to make it a document that can be read?)
I was disappointed with my picture quality of the document. I will ask him to take a picture of just the paper and send it to me.
 

that is probably someone's donated collection that they thought should go into some educational setting... someone who was once connected to the school, perhaps a teacher. So many educators give their entire careers to a single community only to be forgotten and "discarded" when they retire.
 

His timing was amazing, what a great save. That's a nice looking jawbone of a deer. (Edit- Would it be possible to get a better image of the text? Or does someone know how to scan it to make it a document that can be read?)
First thing I saw was the jaw also. I have a very similar one, never sure if it was a splinter awl or just a bone. Interested if is mentioned in text.
 

I don’t expect everyone to love what I do but even if it’s not your thing how could you just toss it. It’s framed nicely, documented, it doesn’t take up a ton of space… it’s not like people that collect other things that can overwhelm people that inherit them I could understand a room full of whatever and trying to deal with something you don’t understand but this is one item you couldn’t offer it to a teacher or student or anyone?
 

and not just this either.... has a cousin worked doing garbage pickup back in the day (by hand, olden days).... the stuff he used to bring home...
It's the new world.
Buy new, never used.
See it on the estate sales, the family heirlooms sold for nothing, doesn't mean anything to the family.
The big ticket item is the total amount of $$$.
 

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