Some things fun, some things pricelessly sentimental.
Some things fun, some things pricelessly sentimental.
There was a metal box in the garage at the bottom of one of the jumbled up cardboard boxes. My son broke into it for me and we found my maternal grandmother's wedding band from 1917. It had a little note in my grandpa Hite's writing "Walter to Sarah 12/25/17 Wedding day". It was found in what I must assume is a real Bakelite jewelry store box. The inside of the ring was inscribed. You can be sure it is not in the garage anymore!
Another find among Grandpa Hite's things was this little bottle of "Hite's Remedy." He was from Virginia and that's where this was manufactured. It must have been some relative.
There was a metal box in the garage at the bottom of one of the jumbled up cardboard boxes. My son broke into it for me and we found my maternal grandmother's wedding band from 1917. It had a little note in my grandpa Hite's writing "Walter to Sarah 12/25/17 Wedding day". It was found in what I must assume is a real Bakelite jewelry store box. The inside of the ring was inscribed. You can be sure it is not in the garage anymore!
Another find among Grandpa Hite's things was this little bottle of "Hite's Remedy." He was from Virginia and that's where this was manufactured. It must have been some relative.
Put enough alcohol in it, it will cure anything! (If it doesn't, nobody will care...)
ReplyDeleteOshi Shikigami true!!!
ReplyDeletePatsy I am so happy you found these treasures! Priceless to be sure.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Siemers it's kind of amazing that they turned up after all of these years. My father was hopeless about organizing or taking care of things and my mother no better. It makes me cringe to be finding things that should have had special care "trashed" in basements and garages. It's just unthinkable, but that's how they did things.
ReplyDeleteAt least they kept them. It could have been gone forever. And the thrill of finding them is all yours.
ReplyDeletePatsy Priebe
Such wonderful treasures. Thanks for sharing Patsy Priebe.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to discover such items. Irreplaceable.
ReplyDeleteThis is the happiest story and reminds me why we should NEVER ignore those dusty family boxes! What treasures, just priceless!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Kennedy
ReplyDeleteI've cleaned up after my parents so many times - garages, barns, basements - that I probably have gone to the other extreme and been a little too ruthless. I'm so glad that when I had to deal with all this the first time (moving up from Kansas) I at least appreciated the history enough to box it to deal with when there was more time.
I've run across a lot of correspondence from the later 1800s from a great, great grandfather. The rewards are worth the trouble!
Patsy Priebe Oh, I can so relate to dealing with parents' and in-laws' possessions:-) It can be a never ending task unless you bite the bullet and be ruthless:-) I know that your GGG's correspondence will give you lots of pleasure and be very interesting no matter what he wrote!
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