I thought you might like to see the inside of the drawers that had the goodies in them. The little leather box had an old razor in it, and the metal box held the coin purse and the knife,
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O.K. I'll stop screwing you around. This is what fell out when we opened the coin purse. The pennies are from the teens, the buffs are from the 30's, the mercs are from the 20's and the quarter you can read that one! Notice the nice green patina on the coins and the snap?
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Here is a close up of the knife and the coins.
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Zakary found this old time starched collar complete with button. I tried to put it on to show them how it works, but the previous owner was what you would call a "Pencil Neck" so it didn't fit on my neck.
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The razor was complete with blades of all sorts and was in pretty good shape.
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In the back ground you can see a can of dry cleaning fluid and a door type clothes hanger on the trunk. This whole thing was worth all the trouble when you can see what kind of fun the kids had by looking a Anika's face. I have more picts of finds in there for later. Hope you all had fun, we sure did! DC
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O.K. I'll stop screwing you around. This is what fell out when we opened the coin purse. The pennies are from the teens, the buffs are from the 30's, the mercs are from the 20's and the quarter you can read that one! Notice the nice green patina on the coins and the snap?
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Here is a close up of the knife and the coins.
[attachment 123179 P4100260.JPG]
Zakary found this old time starched collar complete with button. I tried to put it on to show them how it works, but the previous owner was what you would call a "Pencil Neck" so it didn't fit on my neck.
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The razor was complete with blades of all sorts and was in pretty good shape.
[attachment 123182 P4100259.JPG]
In the back ground you can see a can of dry cleaning fluid and a door type clothes hanger on the trunk. This whole thing was worth all the trouble when you can see what kind of fun the kids had by looking a Anika's face. I have more picts of finds in there for later. Hope you all had fun, we sure did! DC
