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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: Daffynition

Looks like some of the stuff I see at Cracker Barrel.


21 posted on 02/01/2021 5:07:18 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Daffynition
We had a cottage in Michigan that my dad and his brothers built. It has the stove.

It still worked when we sold in the 80's.

My mom's 1950 hair dryer complete with bonnet. It was still working in 2020.


22 posted on 02/01/2021 5:08:37 PM PST by lizma2
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To: Daffynition

we had this exact fan when I was a kid.


23 posted on 02/01/2021 5:09:54 PM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: goodnesswins

Wonderful! I have an early coffee roaster.

Probably a one-off invention for roasting about 1# of beans in a fireplace.

It’s such a unique pleasure to have something that is still useful/working fine, after all these years.


24 posted on 02/01/2021 5:11:54 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

dr jill has everyone beat on this subject...


25 posted on 02/01/2021 5:15:08 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: Chickensoup
I still have my moms. You are exactly right!

*Universal* was a brand made in New Britain, CT by Landers, Ferry & Clark.

I do see them a lot in antique stores. They cost about $10. with all the parts. You could find one, easily, I think, if you wanted to replace your old lost one.

26 posted on 02/01/2021 5:18:35 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: C210N; BluesDuke
Delightful! Brings back memories! Can you still buy malt, in a grocery store?

IIRC, BluesDuke used to be knowledgeable about vintage Mixmasters


27 posted on 02/01/2021 5:22:25 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

Hhmmm...there’s something like that in the “junk room” of my recently deceased MIL house...


28 posted on 02/01/2021 5:25:25 PM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: lizma2

OMG, Had something that looked like that , but it was w/ hair curlers!


29 posted on 02/01/2021 5:25:55 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

I think it would work swimmingly on...!😎


30 posted on 02/01/2021 5:28:11 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: goodnesswins
This is the problem, so many vintage items are worth a few bucks. The problem lies in the finding the right person who wants or needs it. Bet you don't have one of these in your junk room. ;)


31 posted on 02/01/2021 5:30:58 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition
I have an axe that dates back to the Civil War.

The head had to be replaced and the handle has been replaced 2 or 3 times, but it still works great!

32 posted on 02/01/2021 5:34:27 PM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: lizma2
My *1906 Pearl Winthrop*....it was used in a c1880 house/kitchen....gracious it kept the whole wing of rooms warm; we turned it on about Labor Day and stopped using it about Memorial Day.

Learning to bake in it was quite an experience. God Bless our forefathers.


33 posted on 02/01/2021 5:36:48 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: Daffynition

No...don’t know what that is...I’m thinking if stashing stuff in trees on the property for others to find years from now...hahaha


34 posted on 02/01/2021 5:37:49 PM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I still have the 2 bulb florescent desk light that MY DAD had—before I was born & I am 81. It swings & pivots into many directions, and has a very heavy base. I was using it this afternoon, posting 2020 bookkeeping for a client I have had for OVER 51 years.

I also have a 1920’s Los Angeles OAK school board desk.. bought at a garage sale over 40 years ago. .Heavy as hell, but I love it. Has a swing up platform on left side that has springs as thick as my garage door springs...which held an OLD fashioned typewriter—a HEAVY one. One drawer on the right side has multiple slanted spaces for paper/onion skin/carbon paper, etc. Also center drawer with pencil nooks.

I also have a hand pastry blender that belonged to my mother, and she was born in 1906.


35 posted on 02/01/2021 5:38:59 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Daffynition

36 posted on 02/01/2021 5:39:27 PM PST by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: fidelis

Oh, my...your post made me think we MAY have a gun (in disrepair) from the Revolutionary War..since one of my husband’s relatives fought under a Washington General..going to have to find it and get it checked out.


37 posted on 02/01/2021 5:41:30 PM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

My friend, born in 1954, a hot year in Missouri, still uses the fan his parents bought to keep him cool.


38 posted on 02/01/2021 5:41:53 PM PST by taterjay
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To: fidelis
Gathering wood to stay warm was a large part of what you did to provide for your family, back in the day.

I respect the blacksmiths and their artful skill.

Altho out of print, Eric Sloane authored several books about wood, and antique tools

39 posted on 02/01/2021 5:42:15 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: fidelis

Make sure to soak the head/handle in linseed oil periodically. Stand it with had down on a cookie sheet that has sides, and pour in the oil. Leave that way for at least a week. I have had to do that with a large Mattock I have. also my AXE I use to split wood.


40 posted on 02/01/2021 5:43:24 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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