Oooh, Ancient Treasure!
When the cabinets came out on Wednesday, we uncovered some buried treasure. Well, if you consider things stuck under 50-year old cabinets “buried” and gross old papers “treasure.”
Here’s what we found:
- Coupon for 5¢ off 2 bars of Princess Dial soap (“the soap with moisturizing cream right in it”)
- Coupon for 12¢ off two cans of Campbell’s Soup for One (expires 4/30/81 – I was less than 7 months from birth!)
- Coupon for 15¢ off 2 packages of Soft-weve toilet paper
- A dentist appointment reminder card for Mrs. Floyd Pollay for April 28, 1971 at 2pm
- A Beginner Bible Story dated Nov 1958
- A Storytime pamphlet called “God’s Helpers” dated November 30, 1958
- A poison antidote chart copyrighted 1965
- A drawing by Lisa Pollay dated April 11th, 3:15
Click below to see the treasures larger. Any suggestions on what we should do with them?
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Not sure if you still have these or not, but if so, you should google the names of the family and see if they are interested in obtaining the buried treasure. If you can’t find them, I think it would be cool to make a collage out of them or even cut letters out of them to spell something cool to hang in the kitchen (or scrapbook). Hmmm, makes me wonder what we’ll find beneath our 1940s cabinets.
I would definitely keep them. As to what I would do with them, who knows? It would be pretty hard to track their owners down, but returning them would be the most fun!
What did you end up doing with your finds?
Hey Tran,
We actually keep them all in a little manila folder that we whip out to show guests. Everyone gets a kick out of our random discoveries.
xo,
s
We found a page from a 1947 magazine with an editorial about rampant STDs post-World War II. No joke. The article was called “Our Shameful VD Record,” and we framed the page and hung it on the wall. It probably won’t stay up very long because guests don’t really know what to make of it, but I love finding (sometimes shocking) pieces of history like that.
How awesome!!! I love finding random old stuff like that! So fascinating.
What fun stuff! I know I was really excited to see what I would find when I ripped out my kitchen. All I found was a bottle of Dawn containing some black liquid, and an old sock. Ewww. I just discovered your blog a week ago, and am going back and reading all your archives. I love it!!
We moved into my parents old house about 3 years ago and during renovations(my parents built the house) found a beer bottle in the walls! Made for an interesting story next time I seen my Dad.
In a home I bought in the heart of Austin, I found a 60+ year old pencil with a small town’s local HS football schedule printed onto it — and the small town was right where my uncle had recently bought property to be a second home, a few hours’ drive from Austin. That pencil went into a shadow box for him for Christmas — he loved it, and it is still hung on the wall in his small-town home, begging conversation from his visitors!
This is exactly why a “new” house would never work for me! I love finding the hidden treasures (from buried wallpaper to old newspapers) that give a glimpse into the past.
While doing renovations my father found an old glass milk bottle in the yard, which we donated to the town historical society.
P.S. I came across your blog through a google search on hanging curtains and now my little insomniac self is addicted!
Did you ever return these to Lisa, or do you still have them? I love that she found you and gave you the history of your old home!
We lost track of them a ways back but are still hoping they turn up so we can send them her way- if she wants them. Haha.
xo,
s
Andi, we found the same thing while we were remodeling our house in Clintonville. We showed the help wanted ads to Sophie and Jen and they were surprised that, in the 1960′s, ads were segregated into “Help Wanted Female” and “Help Wanted Male”. Also great ads for stores that no longer exist. Unfortunately, they were badly crinkled, brown and brittle. I still have them somewhere in the basement but they have probably crumbled into tiny pieces by now. It was a fun discovery.