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How Many of These Vintage Household Items Can You Correctly Name? It’s Harder Than You Might Think!
tiphero.com ^ | 2.1.2021 | staff reporter

Posted on 02/01/2021 4:43:53 PM PST by Daffynition

My how times have changed in our households. Modern appliances and other inventions have afforded us conveniences that our predecessors didn’t have. Don’t you sometimes wonder what things were like a century or two ago?

Explore the past by looking at these vintage wares and try to figure out what they were used for. Some of these objects were more common during certain historical periods, or in particular parts of the world. Though they all share the same status of being antiques, you may find one or two of these items still in use.

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TOPICS: Education; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antiques; vintage
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VINTAGE THING THAT STILL WORK:

1920s-1930s Magic Chef Stove With 6 Burners, 2 Ovens, And A Bread Warmer"

Maybe you have an old item *that still works* to share.

One of my most prized possessions, an antique apple peeler. I just love it; works flawlessly


1 posted on 02/01/2021 4:43:53 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Those antique apple peelers work because they are made of cast metal. The ones my wife buys these days are all made out of cheap flimsy plastic and either break, or flex so much that they don’t work properly.

She likes to make homemade apple sauce.


2 posted on 02/01/2021 4:48:38 PM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Daffynition

That oven is a real collectors item. And I ALWAYS wanted an apple peeler, seemed so smart and cool looking.


3 posted on 02/01/2021 4:48:54 PM PST by Pigsley
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To: Ezekiel

A little *shoe* comes out at the end of the peel and *kicks* the apple into your hand or a bowl. Of course you need a nutmeg grater for the nutmeg in the apple pie.


4 posted on 02/01/2021 4:48:57 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

https://youtu.be/W_dE9aY0phE


5 posted on 02/01/2021 4:50:02 PM PST by hardspunned (Former GOP globalist stooge.)
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To: Daffynition

I had a good crank meat grinder cast iron with many different blades. It was lost and nothing makes giblets dressing like that old grinder.


6 posted on 02/01/2021 4:52:08 PM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Daffynition

That looks like some Inquisition confession getter!😎


7 posted on 02/01/2021 4:52:25 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Daffynition

Dad bought a Westinghouse 8 inch air fan in Moab Utah back in 1955. Paid over $50 for it.

It lasted till 2008. I still have it.

Today a plastic fan will cost around $10-$20 but will give out in a year or two.


8 posted on 02/01/2021 4:54:49 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Daffynition
an antique apple peeler

Is that anything like the same one Ralph Kramden invented?

9 posted on 02/01/2021 4:56:21 PM PST by gr8eman (If the CCP took over NYC when DeBlasio was elected would it be in worse or better shape now?)
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To: Daffynition

I also have an old Peter Wright Anvil that still works well!

Those things are hard to destroy but I did have to reface it after I bought it way back in 1973. Don’t know how old the anvil is.


10 posted on 02/01/2021 4:56:36 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Bonemaker

PS Same for the plucking tool!


11 posted on 02/01/2021 4:56:39 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: hardspunned

That is the BEST! Thank you for it!

Art Carney lived in Westbrook, CT, a town away from me; when you ran into him, he was the nicest, kindest person. A true gentleman.


12 posted on 02/01/2021 4:57:36 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Yo-Yo

Mother-in-law liked to tell the story of how she got her kitchen repainted including a new flat ceiling instead of the popcorn. It involved applesauce.

And a pressure cooker. And applesauce stopping up a pressure cooker vent — until the whole rubber vent blew out.


13 posted on 02/01/2021 4:58:49 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Daffynition

I have my great grandmother’s coffee grinder...she used to let me grind in the mid-late 50s...it’s probably 125 years old


14 posted on 02/01/2021 4:58:54 PM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Bonemaker
Doesn't it?

It would make you smile to see how beautifully it works. Look at that peel!

No excuses for making an apple pie!

15 posted on 02/01/2021 5:02:33 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: gr8eman
No, Kramden's could only core a apple.
16 posted on 02/01/2021 5:02:54 PM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: Daffynition
You're working too hard! Delegate:


17 posted on 02/01/2021 5:04:57 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Daffynition
My prized antique. Got it about 30 years ago from a restaurant store. Refurbed it, and use it (for sugar/health reasons, only occasionally, but with tons of syrup, and malt too).


18 posted on 02/01/2021 5:05:31 PM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I love the ones w/ the brass blades. [not like this] :)

Often, all they need is a new cord.

19 posted on 02/01/2021 5:05:44 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Ezekiel

Careful! She may end up in a venison stew! >:D


20 posted on 02/01/2021 5:06:58 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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