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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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To: goodnesswins

See posts 56 & 97.

:D


101 posted on 02/01/2021 10:56:02 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I enjoy places like that!


102 posted on 02/01/2021 11:02:02 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Jane Long

Pyrex?

103 posted on 02/01/2021 11:03:26 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: All


104 posted on 02/01/2021 11:05:46 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

Bless her heart...nobody kept their teeth then


105 posted on 02/02/2021 12:27:37 AM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: Jane Long

Indeed on a wood stove

My grandmother.....tiny ginger woman....my fav feline of my life ....daughter in law....of lady in the pic cooking ....married at 14 and lived in the cabin next door.....a real square log cabin

They all worked a 200 acre make a living farm

She had three kids by age 18

Almost died last one

Fembots today are truly clueless what actual strong women prevailed over aren’t they ..


106 posted on 02/02/2021 12:33:29 AM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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To: central_va

All I have left are some tractors with points and condenser. I was pondering trying to machine up some parts to convert them to electronic. The dust eats up the cam and the points go out of adjustment too fast. Aftermarket conversion parts are poor quality.


107 posted on 02/02/2021 3:39:33 AM PST by Clay Moore (Mega prayers, Rush )
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To: Daffynition

Yes this is exactly what I had. Miss it muchly. I will have to look in the vintage stores when they re open.


108 posted on 02/02/2021 4:24:00 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: lizma2

I remember lady sunbeam we had the hatbox version


109 posted on 02/02/2021 4:26:50 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Daffynition

I have one sitting in my kitchen on top of a cabinet. It is the third one I had, first was my grandmother’s. I dont use this one anymore, but looking at it brings back good memories


110 posted on 02/02/2021 4:28:30 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Daffynition

“Oh chef of the future can it core an apple?”
Honeymooner’s Norton to Ralph. Not too many FReepers may remember this,.


111 posted on 02/02/2021 4:32:04 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: wardaddy

What a wonderful woman!


112 posted on 02/02/2021 4:32:14 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I remember those strollers, they were from the 30s and 40s and had beads in the front for the child to play with.


113 posted on 02/02/2021 4:33:45 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: central_va

Isn’t that a timing light?


114 posted on 02/02/2021 4:40:11 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Daffynition

Graduated bowls go high at auction, keep them safe.


115 posted on 02/02/2021 5:17:14 AM PST by conservativesister
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I have THREE of those!!

Well; not THOSE those; but wheels that measure.

A very small one that you can adjust the distance for the correct scale on a map; and then you can roll it along the road, river or trail and see the distance displayed on an LCD window.

A second one for use in a building. A mechanical odometer type counter and a 3” diameter wheel.

And a larger one for outdoor use by rolling it along the ground.


116 posted on 02/02/2021 5:56:41 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yup

Watching the young kid (with the goofy; two colored hairdo) learn the trade from his dad is fun as well.


117 posted on 02/02/2021 5:58:23 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: central_va

This Old House had an odd object from time to time and the guys would try to figure out what it was used for.


118 posted on 02/02/2021 6:01:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: central_va

When it is explained to you; you’ll get the point.


119 posted on 02/02/2021 6:02:26 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Daffynition

When my grandmother passed away, I rescued a Robbins and Myers fan from her closet. It was manufactured in 1927. Still works. On hot August days, I turn it on and will cool an entire room quickly. The pitch on the blades is about 45 degrees so it moves some air.


120 posted on 02/02/2021 6:05:06 AM PST by Texas resident
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