We cleaned out our family home about 10 years ago. Grandparents hadn’t thrown out much since they moved in around 1922.
There was a large steamer trunk with newspapers and magazines from WW2, somewhat in order. Fascinating!
Also complete sets of outdoor mags from the 1930s through the early ‘60s.
“There was a large steamer trunk with newspapers and magazines from WW2, somewhat in order. Fascinating!”
That was at my mom’s house too. As a child I would pull up a stool in the basement and go through it all (musty uniform, smelly newspapers, etc.
When mom died my sister had room at her house for the trunk to go through it. I told her to save the papers and stuff and ship them to me. And reminded her several times.
When I asked about them again; “Oh - all that stuff is on microfilm at the library, I dumped it in recycling.”
“WHAT!? What about all of dad’s old letters? (From WWII).”
“Oh yeah - I didn’t know what to do with them.”
Luckily she mailed them to me (I paid her the $14 in postage). My daughter has ambitions to scan and sort all of the letters. But I doubt that will ever happen.