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A bible and a book about etiquette for young ladies - both from 1854
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my cedar chest handed down 3 generations
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An embroidered sampler form my husband's family dated approx. 1830.
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Hmmm...I'm not sure...let me check the fridge
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My mother
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Some TV trays from the 60's. Also some vintage baby clothes from about the same time.
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At present? my father. Other than him: their microwave originally purchased in 1983. How crazy is that??
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A bullet from the civil war
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Coins.
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I have some paper confederate dollars from the civil war. And some early American bills including some silver certificates.
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A five foot bastardsword from the 1400's and a Macedonian drachm struck around 400BC.
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my silver dollar. . 1890 (roughly) found it one day, in mint condition, how lucky was i? lol
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Other than me, a box of silver dollars, from the 1880-1890's (about 50 of them)
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My husband. LOL
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A Victrola from 1914.
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A very, very old family bible. It is huge and very heavy - King James version. It had been handed down 5 different generations who all had just one child - prior to us. There might be a fight for this bible when we are gone though because we have had quite a large family.
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Probably me!
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My husband and I have a modest print collection. The oldest item dates to the late 16th century.
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Me
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I have some of my grandfathers shaving implements from the 1800s. He was born in 1876. In 1961, our area was hit with a massive forest fire, and our home was one of the casualties. All of our cross generational stuff was destroyed then. One of my aunts gave me the shaving stuff several years later is the only reason I have that.
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A desk from the 1950's
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Me! LOL!
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