just picked it up for $10
I just rushed back to the antique shop about 30 minutes ago and bought it! Im glad I went back before somebody else bought it, they also had a match case and a make up box [compact] with Chicago world's Exposition 1933 markings
here it is the actual medallion...
http://hometown.aol.com/foundpictures/
here's a couple of gentlemen from a studio photo taken in SF back in the late 1890's
I like the clean cut hair style, clean around the ears and long and slicked back and neatly combed on top.
I like to leave old items "as is" because the natural patina looks much better than polishing
I would just gently wipe them off with a damp cloth [no polishing]
thanks,
thats exactly what I was looking for, to use in my "turn of the century" display, Im trying to put together a group of items commonly used back around 1900 - 1906 era for my display of The Great San Francisco Earthquake & Fire of 1906
here is a copy a newspaper from 1906 with...
any tool collectors here? does anybody know how old this piece is?
it's a small wrench about 7" in long with a wooden handle
marked:
P.S. & W CO
Cleveland OH
USA
Im guessing it may be late 1890's or turn of the century?
dont you hate when you buy something and you give them positive feedback and they dont give you any feedback?
sometimes I even send them a messege telling them Im satisfied with the transaction and could they please return the favor by giving me + feedback too and they never do it, I geuss...
I picked this up today at the flea market / swap meet for .50 cents
what do you think it was originally made for?
length: 4 1/2" inches
width: 3 3/4" inches
thickness: 1" inch
made of a nickle plated tin
is it an old tobacco can? cigar box? soap dish? [huh]
WWI or WWII sub
http://lmarcinkowski.webpark.pl/SF-Sausalito-6-2003.jpg
I would love to have a WWI or WWII submarine to convert into my housboat! it would make a very durable weather proof house boat
or use as a floating museum and charge admission ;)
early carbide lamps for bicycles
I just found this photo of a German carbide lamp circa 1910, and it looks very similiar to the one I have, I think mine may have been mfg. by the same company, judging by the looks of this model.
teen years
at age 15 I started doing lots of exersize
by age 20, I had the body of a proffessional athelete
staying in good shape was my hobby as a teen
gi joes
playing by the river by my house
walking downtown and going to the FIVE & DIME store
going to the ARMY / NAVY surplus looking for combat gear to use for playing army or for collecting
old war movies
long bike rides
hiking with friends along the river trails, pretending...
hhhmm? I dont really know, the guy selling it said these may have been handed out to voters or supporters during the time of the presidents inauguration back in 1933
since it was only $5.00 I picked it up for fun, it makes a nice paper weight or conversation piece, plus it's made of solid...
bronze presidential inauguration medallion?
I also picked up this huge bronze medallion
has "Franklin - Delano - Roosevelt - President of The United States"
on one side
and "Inaugurated March 4 - 1933"
on the other side with an American eagle
it's thick and heavy, made...
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