Welcome to A-Z April- A post a day except for Sundays- 26 days through the ABC's- My theme is: the things that make me, LIVESTRONG, LOVESTRONGER, LAUGH HARDER...
A is for antique.
Some of my favorite things are those that belonged to our families...and come with stories of our past:
First is my husband's Grandmother's sewing basket. It is filled with 25 cent threads, 35 cent packages of needles, and rick rack with the prices stamped on the packages. Grandma Tillie would be 104 if she were still alive- a good Mormon woman who sewed for her large family.
My awesome Pyrex mixing bowls belonged to Grandma Mc Queen. They are in perfect shape, never having been washed in a dishwasher...but mixing decades worth of meals for another large Mormon family. This was the first set introduced by Pyrex in the mid- 1940's.
Mormons have a year's supply of food and supplies- here is what was found in Grandma Mc Queen's basement! A stash of medicines and supplies from the 40's. The Sucretes have the price written on the wrapper in grease pencil...others have a sticker...morphine was over the counter and has a list of how much to give to a "colicky infant!" The old razors and tooth brushes are fun to compare today's. One of the coolest of the lot is....
the vaporizer. Grandma was born in 1913, on the farm her father settled back when Utah was a territory. She was a sickly child and remembered using this when she was ill.
Lastly,
here is a birdhouse made from the wood from the old chicken coops that were torn down when the property was sold. This was a Christmas gift to me from my mother-in-law. I am going to decorate it with hardware I took of the old barn and coops....and add a few other fun things.
*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*HAPPY BLOGGING A-Z*
13 comments:
Oh love the pyrex dishes - so cool!
Isn't the history behind the antiques so interesting.
Morphine for colic - sheesh! Love that vaporizer - I've never seen one like that.
1 down - 25 to go! See ya tomorrow.
My mom has some of those Pyrex dishes. Love them!
The medicines and supplies are so cool. I love that history!
My mom has some of those Pyrex dishes. Love them!
The medicines and supplies are so cool. I love that history!
I've got a few bits and pieces from my Nan but nothing like this. Brilliant! Great packages. I'll come back to peek at more of your A-Z posts.
Thanks for visiting during A-Z April! I love the sewing basket--I have my grandmother's and mother's sewing goods combined into mine. I now have thread in every color of the rainbow, but I'm sure some of it is so old that it's only good for looks.
I had to laugh because I don't remember when the last time I saw the word 'sucrete'! Do they even make them still?
Also, I saw your mileage for the year, those were some impressive numbers!
Lots of cool antique items. What treasures you've found. Fascinating to dig through old things from the past. Aloha from Hawaii, Courtney
I love old antiques --- a snapshot of our past, one object at a time.
Just this past Sunday, I was introduced to a vintage antique store in town. It is loaded, floor to ceiling in old odds and ends. My friend and I easily spent 1.5 hours in it.
Kate at Daily discovery
Wow! What a treasure trove! Wish I had hand-me-downs as nice as these.:)
These are all such treasures! I love the old sewing stuff ( I have some too; awesome) and the collection from the basement? amazing. I would give my pinky finger for those pyrex bowls. :)
What wonderful heirlooms you have!
The medicines that were available over the counter, and regularly given to infants, are quite startling to our eyes.
I love them all, fantastic photos, and when you are done with the birdhouse, will you be posting the image.
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