WOW, February 26th in Chicago got in a little digging.

[Mailman1960]

Just put the tin container at the top in for the picture wasn't going to keep it, shook it and heard something into there. Nice little surprise with the bear aspirins in there, piece of paper was in one of them little hard to read but it says prescribed by physicians all over the world.
They brewing the Seipp's beer again and a Ed Pinaud.

 

[embe]

Neat finds. "...heard something in there..." I can just imagine the possibilities. At least it wasn't a rock

 

[willong]

Bayer Aspirin was still packaged in those metal tins when I was young. Plastic is ubiquitous now.

Even though I already owned several usable circular saws, I bought a Thor circular saw at garage sale more than two decade ago because I just wanted to preserve the example of how things were made in America, and most of the developed world for that matter, in early decades following on WW2. That saw was a metal die-casting, beautifully fit and finished. (I'll have to see if I can find it in the shop. Hopefully, it is still as nice--I've neglected everything for years due to health and other concerns. If I can locate it, I'll post a photo as a reply to this item.)

 

[Mailman1960]

Bayer Aspirin was still packaged in those metal tins when I was young. Plastic is ubiquitous now.

Even though I already owned several usable circular saws, I bought a Thor circular saw at garage sale more than two decade ago because I just wanted to preserve the example of how things were made in America, and most of the developed world for that matter, in early decades following on WW2. That saw was a metal die-casting, beautifully fit and finished. (I'll have to see if I can find it in the shop. Hopefully, it is still as nice--I've neglected everything for years due to health and other concerns. If I can locate it, I'll post a photo as a reply to this item.)

It seemed a little strange that they were in a container like that, it had a screw top on it. I'm thinking maybe it was an early form of mail order, I think the aspirin was still in the little tins and somebody down the road spring cleaning found it and just threw it out.For me part of the fun digging,is trying to figure out the story behind it.

 

[willong]

For me part of the fun digging,is trying to figure out the story behind it.

I am with you there! I've commented previously about finding especially large, sawn (obviously processed for the table), bovine bones in the trash deposit at early logging and milling site. I speculated that either the skid road draft oxen were slaughtered when the operation switched to steam donkey yarding, or individual animals that got injured or no longer pulled to expectations were slaughtered to feed the camp's loggers.