I have found several pieces of 1920's woodstoves such as legs, doors, etc. Is there any market for stuff like that out there? Are they worth taking home and reselling?
My weekend yard sale adventure started out with a nice catch on two local dairy bottles and ended with getting a few nice bottles for a decent price ($37 for everything). 1. Pint and Quart EmbossedPalm Dairy Sudbury, Ontario
2. Dairy Bottle, Cochrane’s Dairy, Russell, Ontario
3. 2 ACL Pepsi...
Ah, thank you! I missed the portion about the inverted triangle when I skimmed through that website lol. I was digging last night and I found an intact 7oz Silver Foam bottle. Unfortunately I had also found the broken bases of 3 others as well as an intact one completely warped from a trash fire.
I picked up this nice local bottle off ebay this week. I've found bits and pieces of this bottle at my dig site but never a whole example, so I figured I would grab the chance to get one in excellent shape. As for dating I would put this one in the 1950s or possibly the 1960s, I know at some...
Very nice insulators. I don't know a whole lot about them but telegraph one is interesting. It looks skinnier than similar ones I've seen. When I get to work tomorrow I will check the museum database and see if we have any similar telegraph insulators.
Re: RE: Aside from bottles , What else do you collect ??
I have I think 9 or 10 older rotary and touch tone telephones, a few typewriters and a nice Burroughs adding machine I saved from being destroyed.
Yes, both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific put their logo on most of their items. I have several newer (1980s) pieces of CNR flatware, however they are from Cabooses so they are not as ornate. I found another one the other day that is in 95% perfect condition except for a small chip in the...
I have several nice embossed soda bottles from the turn of the century. They are all from Toronto, Ontario, and were dug by my cousin who works in soil reclamation. The bottles are as follows:
1. Clark Brothers Toronto Blob-Top Aqua2. Union Soda Water (I have two of these)3. Clark Brothers...
Whilst digging in my dump site, I came across this mostly intact cup that came off of a Canadian National Railway passenger train in 1953 or so. It is unfortunately missing its handle, but this is probably the reason it was thrown in the trash in the first place. Made by Medalta Potteries Limited.