Hidden Behind The Walls

Nothing that exciting. A pack of tobacco with a tax stamp from 1895, miscellaneous tools. But sometimes I put something back. Where we found the tobacco pack while insulating the top floor of our house, I double wrapped this magazine which was current at the time:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/312996792627

with Bezos, Musk & Branson, I'd say the cover was right.

Man look at how fresh and crisp that shuttle looked back in 81'. Back when our country could still come together despite our differences to do cool $h!t.

Erin Holohan Haskell said:

If you ever get to visit the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, it's well worth the trip.

I live nearby, very cool place. Can get right up to exhibits

Found a dime from 1917 during my kitchen remodel some years ago. Also found an old roll of shrink wrap from the 60's when I demo'd some old shelves in my basement.



As cool as what Elon and Jeff are doing... idk... The first and second richest guys in the world building rockets so other rich people can take a minutes long joy ride to orbit doesn't feel the same as our government pushing the boundaries of scientific and technological achievements. And 40 years between the shuttle and now is kind of depressing considering we went from bouncing along the beach at kitty hawk to putting a man on the moon in what 65 years? 

mjstraw said:

When we rebuilt our front porch last year, we left a 2020 quarter, dime, nickel and penny inside the enclosed banister/railing.

Who ever demos that is going to think back to 2020 and say f* that year...

The sheet music behind the old cabinets was pretty neat. 

If i recall it was a brand name like us gypsum. The subdivision appears to have been built by the family that owned a local lumber yard. It has little chunks in it which appear to be wood and sand. The softer fibrous chunks burn.

EBEBRATT-Ed said:

Not a wall. But a house we lived in back in the early 60s had a basement but under the LR was a dirt crawl space. My old man decided one summer that my brother and I (mostly me as my brother was about 7 or 8 and I was about 10-11) were going to spend the summer digging the crawl space out to make the cellar larger' We were told to do 25 wheelbarrows a day. Of course the house could have fallen in on top of us. We were making progress for a few weeks until we found a car buried in the crawl space. Job abandoned

In my fathers youth he was really into cars, started with plastic model building and when he got his license he got into drag racing, and eventually had a custom header business until he got married.

His first car was a 1950 Chevy with a 6 cylinder, he put a new engine in it and the old one sat in his parents backyard for months.  His mother finally gave him a ultimatum, get rid of it or he’s kicked out of the house.  So, he dug a hole between the house and sidewalk and pushed it into the hole.  She planted roses there and they thrived.  

This isn't really a behind the walls find, rather hidden in the pockets.

Last Veteran's Day, the history teacher wanted to bring some military memorabilia from our museum to the school for kids to view.
We have items from just about every war, friend and foe, since the civil war, (as a southern relative calls it "The war of Northern aggression...I had not heard that phrase before that...and am surprised it is still used in the south....but I digress)

One item he wanted was a "great coat", heavy wool coat that hung below your knees, my guess was WW1 vintage.
So before letting that go, I thought to check the pockets.
Buried deep inside was a packaged condom.
Actually had to explain to another board member what it was.
Of course to prevent the spread of disease....
So perhaps this coat had seen some European action.

I removed the packet and placed it in a safe place in the Museum....but can't remember where.
Well maybe someday, in another 100 years it might be found...a true museum item.

Erin Holohan Haskell said:

We have an unfinished room in our basement with circa-1947 issues of the Washington Evening Star on the ceiling. Here's a job ad for G.I. Girl Musicians to spend the month of August in NYC.

Perfect, I’ve got the music for it!

Years ago we were doing a new A/C installation. System in the unfinished basement. 
I was pulling down a fiberglass batt in the ceiling joists when something fell out.
I looked down off the ladder, and laying there in pristine condition was a 50's Playboy magazine. I don't remember the exact year, but it wasn't the one with Marylin or any of the other so called bombshells. 
The homeowner was new so it wasn't his. One of the kids took it home. 

I have posted about this item before.

This was found in the crawl space of the Museum mentioned above.
Considered a side arm heater for a storage tank.
Came with 3 different gas orifices'....NG...LP...or manufactured gas.

Note the trademark on the manual gas valve.
I would guess this predates it from before the mid 1940's.

You just turn on the gas and light the burner.
No safeties at all, other than common sense.

May have been used when this building was a hospital from 1928 thru 1940's.

Not as impressive as other's finds, but I did discover this new, unsent embossed holiday greeting card in my attic, complete with the original price note of 5¢ papercliped to the back with an envelope. I'm guessing it's 1945 +/- 5 years. (Also proof the "War on Christmas" extends generations.)



During the early Pandemic shutdown we used the time to build and install some built-in bookshelves. Before installing them we signed the plaster wall and wrote "Installed during COVID-19". I wonder if the person to take them down will get the reference.

I found a pack of these when I was opening up a wall in the kitchen. Pretty cool bit of local St. Louis memorabilia.