Basement finds for today. I'm finishing the last of the shelves...so almost the last finds. A Delco Light Exide glass battery jar from my great grandparents home in Prosperity, SC. This was what people in more rural areas had to provide electric light to their homes in the early 1900's. I have one of the 12 they used to power lights in the home until the early 1920's. At one point, there was also a glass lid that fit the top...but it went long ago. Amazing this survived considering I kept it in my college dorm room, and filed it with beer tabs...LOTS OF BEER TABS. My ESSO piggy bank. This is probably from the 1950's or early 60's. I've had it my entire life, and used it to save my change to buy comics well into my teens. My 'leatherette' soft side Coca-Cola cooler. This went to so many skate contests and demos in my teens. I think this was from the 1950's and was found when clearing out my grandfather's dry goods store in Newberry, SC. My penny gumball lamp. My grandfather was a serial entrepreneur, and one of his businesses was gumball and prize machines in the late 60's, early 70's. This is one of three that my father made into lamps in the late 1970's for myself, @ruffian925 and @rrreed2014. I think one was red, one blue, and maybe gold? (What colors were yours Ian and Becca?) He was very careful to make sure that they still worked as gumball machines when he made them into the lamp. I removed the lamp rod and socket years ago when the wiring failed. Hopefully I'll restore the lamp function at some point. These are last to be packed because they honestly are some of my most prized possessions. Each one has a story and emotions attached to them. When I started packing I didn't have any idea how much I had saved from my childhood, but I'm very glad I did. Each find has made me realize how lucky I was to grow up in the time I did. So...here's to cherished memories and old trinkets! . . #basementfinds #delcoexide #delcobattery #esso #essopiggy #cocacola #gumballmachine #memories #emotionalattachment (at Chateau Ruff-N-Baker) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMC2vgXDb1m/?igshid=1oqdvj1xszumx
