Friday Show & Tell

Welcome to Friday Show & Tell!

The purple box . . . 

I found this box that belonged to my parents while I was getting ready for our garage sale.  They used it to store important papers & documents.

It contains many interesting things.
These are a few of the items. 

birth certificates 

immunization records for me & my 2 sisters
our college grade reports

Mother & Daddy's marriage license 

sale receipt for a new 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air, $3899.66

This instruction book for a hair dryer made me laugh.

canceled checks

$100 for the dining room furniture they bought from the people we bought our house from in 1963.

I remember well what Mr. Wolff said in his German accent, "A hundred dollars, yours!"  

$675 for a 1965 Opal Cadet

Notice that these checks were not personalized.

Back in the day when you wanted to write a check for a purchase you would tell the merchant what your bank was & they would hand you a blank check to fill out & sign your name.

Some of my Daddy's treasures . . . 

rings, pocket knife, tie clip

You may not be able to see that the tie clip is a basset hound.

He liked to refer to himself as a shoe dog because they owned a shoe store.

Here is an extra key to the store.

The napkins were used at their wedding in 1948.

A ticket stub from an opera I sang in my junior year in college.

My Mother's war ration book registration, she was 12 years old.

I felt like an archaeologist while I was looking at these items.

A glimpse of the history of my family.
Priceless.