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  1. Big Man

    Interesting finds at the old homeplace

    I went out to feed the goat and chickens this morning and noticed a small round white object sticking halfway out of the ground. I scratched it out and cleaned it up, but don't have any idea what it is or was used for. It's a little over an inch and a half in diameter, made of porcelain (or...
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    Seemingly insignificant things that connect you to the past

    It's funny how some seemingly insignificant things can connect you to the past. The first photo is my Mother sitting at the table at our old house at Oak Hill School feeding me as a baby. I still have the little silver cup, porringer, and spoon she's using to feed me with. But look closely at...
  3. Big Man

    Tell Us About Your First Date

    Considering today is Valentine’s Day and all, I thought a thread titled “Tell Us About Your First Date” may be of interest. It could be about your actual “first” date as a teenager, or the first date with your present (or former, for that matter) spouse/mate/partner, etc. Maybe it was an...
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    Time is relative ...

    As I was winding my grandfather’s old pocket watch this morning, it struck me as to how time is relative. Let me explain: My grandmother bought the watch for my grandfather for Christmas, 1923. I have a pocket watch that my parents gave me for my 18th birthday in 1972 that I carry every day...
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    Crystal Radio

    When my Dad was a boy in the 1930s, he built a crystal radio. The hanger where he attached the antenna is still on the side of upstairs porch at the house where I live now. When I was a boy in the 1960s, my Dad showed me how to build a crystal radio. About two or three years ago, I helped my...
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    Price of Gas

    I noticed yesterday a dramatic jump in the price of gas in our area. The reason was given as "the storm in the gulf." Of course if there were no storm in the gulf, the reason would have been "the crisis in the Middle East." I've been around for a while now and for the first 20 or so years of...
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    What was your first car?

    My first car was a gray, four-door, 1962 Plymouth Belvedere. This was in 1971. I spent about $30 on an eight-track tape player and had "roll and tuck" seats in the car. After ballgames, I would take a couple of the cheerleaders out for a ride. We really had a blast in that car. That old...
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    Why Don't We Have "Heroes" Today?

    Reading through the Amelia Earhart thread, I began to think about the "heroes" of the past. Famous fliers like Lindbergh, Earhart, Post, et el. Athletes like Joe Lewis and Babe Ruth (and all the baseball "greats"). Politicians like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, T.R. and FDR. Explorers like...
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    Old Underwood Typewriter

    I have an old Underwood typewriter that's been around the house since I was a child (and who knows how long before that). It's in good shape, and still works (except for a dried-up ribbon). I can't find any model numbers on the thing, so can't give any specifics except that it weighs a ton...
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    Mills Field

    I've posted a lot of pictures in various threads that came from the old photos of my great uncle Briscoe Brown. These old photos are some of his, as well. These photos were in an album, and were labeled by my great uncle as "Mills Field". I can be sure all the photos in this one particular...
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    The Waltons TV Show

    I enjoyed watching "The Waltons" when it was on TV in the 1970's, and thought the show presented a very good representation of life during the Great Depression in the Blue Ridge mountains. While the show was set in Virginia, I could see a lot of similarities to my home area here in rural...
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    Need help identifying man in old photo

    I need your help. The man in the two photos on the right are the same person; one photo was taken in 1869 and the other in 1903. What I want to ask is, do you think the man (young man) in the first photo is the same person? The last two photos are of my great grandfather, Doctor Clayton...
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    Home Delivery of Ice, Milk, Laundry, etc.

    I recall my Dad telling me about following the ice man around and getting ice chips when he cut off blocks of ice. My Dad said they had a device on their front porch that had the numbers 25, 50 and 75 on it that you would turn to indicate how many pounds of ice you wanted for your ice box...
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    Buried Treasure

    Have you ever dug-up, uncovered, or just found a long-lost, misplaced, forgotten, or hidden away item? Not necessarily something that just has a dollar value (like in real "treasure"), but just something interesting from years gone by? While working in my garden today I found this: I...
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    Old Placemats? Need help identifying.

    While cleaning out some things from my Dad’s place yesterday, I found these old placemats (or at least I think they are placemats). They look really old and must have been at the house for a long time but I never saw them before. There are three of them, with one being much more faded than the...
  19. Big Man

    MacArthur's Desk

    I hope this is the appropriate forum to post this question and pictures. If not, please direct as necessary. I recently found this old newspaper clipping and old pictures in some family records. My grandfather Dobson was a lumber buyer for Drexel Furniture Company at their Marion, NC...
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    Help on a hat color

    I'm just about ready to have a new custom hat made and I need some help deciding on the color. I want a hat like my grandfather is wearing in the photos below. The first picture was taken in December, 1924 and the second was within a year (before or after) the first. My question is, what...
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    Getting by during the Great Depression

    I recall many stories that my grandmother told me about life during the Great Depression. One of the stories was how some of the men in the community would get coal to heat their homes in the winter. Freight trains hauling coal cars passed through on a regular basis. Just up the tracks from...
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    Calling Cards (name cards, not phone cards)

    Does anyone here use calling/visiting cards? Not business cards, but those cards with only your name. I ordered some a while back and have been enclosing them with Christmas or birthday gifts with a short note on the back. Also, I use them like a business card, but for personal (non-business)...
  23. Big Man

    Then and now ...

    Just out of curiosity ... These are some pictures of my great uncle Briscoe Brown's house at 2204 Spencer Street, Napa, CA. They lived here from (at least) 1941 until 1956. I was just wondering if any fellow Loungers may live in or near Napa, and would take a picture of whatever is located...

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