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Someone Asked Our Community To Share Pics Of The Oldest Object In Their House, 30 Delivered
You know when you have this classic object from the past that you know is way older than you. It's amazing how this one object could have experienced more than you. Tell us about that here.
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My Grandfather's Clock, Circa 1770
This clock has been in my family a long time. It's older than the US and it still works perfectly!
Me
Because I am moving house and everything that I have that is older has been boxed.
I was thinking of doing this but don't want to admit that I'm old. 😕🥴😒
My Aunt At 2 Years Old, 100 Years Ago, 1922
Mum Just Turned 90 Today
Her birthday "today" memorialized here forever, Happy Birthday Grandma. Wishing u happy, blesses n healty times, for years to comes! BtW, 90? She looks ageless!
Mahogany Riveria Radio. Circa 1920. Still Works Great, Beautiful Sound
I Have No Idea How Old It Is, But It Works Like A Charm And Can Sew Pretty Much Anything You Put Under It
I bet there's a serial # somewhere on that old beauty to research her true age. If you're in to that kinda thing... 😺
I have looked when I was younger never found anything,and currently both of my legs are injured so I cant really lift it or turn it around to check. I am a seamstress by call and I use it daily. It's a really good product I will never sell it.
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I'd say anywhere between 1940 and 1960 by the shape, painted pattern, and paint vibrancy. Judging by how clean the shiny steel is, I'd say closer to 1960.
Wow! It's a beauty! Looks like it's seen some miles by the wear on the bed. I'm in Australia and I've never heard of the brand' Empire' . When I was little it was virtually 'Singer' brand or nothing. Ours worked by pressing a handle with your knee. I have a Husqvarna now that's about 30 years old and works really well. Hope you have many more years out of that old girl.
Things today seem to be built with a planned obsolescence built in. The stuff that gets thrown out because it's cheaper and easier to get a new one than yo fix is insane.
They really dont, when we order new machines at my store,they always tell us to keep trying to fix the old ones because the new ones cant make it past 10 years. When I was younger I worked at an Italian lingerie factory,we had machines for some special stitches that were from 1971 that worked 3 shifts no problems,and that since they were built..some things are just built to last almost forever,it seems
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Thanks for correcting my english,its not my first language,although I do speak it on C1 level. I also speak german C1 dutch B1 and spanishB1 level,and my mother tongue is Serbian. How many foreign languages do you speak,since we are on the topic of being petty and posting comments out of context.
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My g-gma had one like that, she was a beautiful seamstress and i loved it because it only did what i knew how to sew...forward and backward, nothing fancy. Til i found out later all the fancy stuff needed attachments, lol. My sister has the machine and all the attachments still!
My 85 year-old mum has one that came with beautiful wooden box and foot pedal. Only my mum and I know how to use it. It's a reliable machine and doesn't break easily like the electric versions. It weighs a tonne but I think I'll pack it and ship it to me (overseas).
Man I wish I would of seen this and submitted. I have this one and one from 1877. I still use both! Edit: this is from any where 1900 to 1930s. If you still have the serial number you can look it up on line. It will give you the exact date.
Very early 1900's i bet. Does it have a tredle or a plug? Do you still have the cabinet?
No I got only the machine form the old lady that gave it to me. But I just got a cabinet table for it and I'm yet to mount it into it. I have a plug so I can change the pedal and engine.they are pretty cheap to get online
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Looks around the same age as mine, I’ll post in a minute. Best guess I have on mine is 1930s, maybe 1920s.
ThT looks like a pre turn of the century sewing machine. Very cool! And if it still works, even better!
Oh thanks for that correction Peter. Since were of topic and being petty, I'm serbian so that's my mother tongue,and besides that I live in germany and speak german C1 level. I also lived for 5 years in the netherlands and I speak dutch level B1 as well as Spanish leves A2. How many languages do you speak?
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Looks like a Singer of the 80's. My mother and my aunt had one
Had one of those made by White. Incredible workhorse. Wish I still had it.
Union Sewing Machines were made in the USSR and are hard to date because their styles didn't change very often. This could be from anywhere from the 1930s to 1950.
My mother tongue is not english,I'm allowed mistakes. But thanks for the funny comment. I also speak 3 other languages fluently. How many do you speak?
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Not true.i mounted the engine on the outside.
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Thanks for the comment Lory. Like I mentioned in the other comments,since were being off topic and poetry I speak 4 other languages fluently,so loved B1 or higher(besides my mother tongue,serbia) how about you?
Load More Replies...Egg Basket Made By My Great Grandfather Sometime Between 1896 And 1900
Melon baskets (because of the shape) are the best! They hold so much stuff down inside there. I've never heard them called egg baskets but it makes perfect sense.
A Portrait Of My Great-Great-Grandmother. It's Around 160 Years Old
A Whole Shelf Of Vintage Things
Oldest Known Fossil: 3.48 Billion Year Old Stromatolite
It's A Cast Iron Foo Dog Incense Burner, From The Late Qing Dynasty (China). Roughly 130 Years Old
My Doll, Given To Me When My Sister Was Born 1950
Trilobite I Found, South Africa. Approximately 250m Years Old
This Photo I Found At A Flea-Market. The Back Says 05.09.1917
An Original Restored Pharmacy Now Used For Coffee Accessories
The Lintel Of The Front Door 1678. Doubs France
My Favorite Picture, Circa 1900
My great-grandmother and grandmother are in the crowd.
I used to call the woman on the left, all in black, the Wicked Witch of the West. Kids, what can I say?
Butter Mold
Belonged to my mother-in-law's mom. My mother-in-law was born in 1924, so this is at least 100 years old. Her mother sold butter molded in this to her neighbors in Rome, Georgia.
Dutch And Hebrew Psalm Book From 1666. My Antique Dealer Friend Says It's Worth $20
An Old Singer Sewing Machine From (Maybe) The 60s
Definitely older, if it has a treadle---though many of those old machines were electrified later on. If it works, you have a real treasure. If it doesn't, it could probably be made to run. Those early Singers are darn near indestructible. (My own Singer is a baby by comparison--1949 and I wouldn't trade it for anything.)
My Grand Grandmother's Plant Pot, Circa 1896, Art Nouveau/Liberty
66 Million
This Marble My Sister Found In Our Parents' Field 15 Years Ago. Unknown Date, Guessing Circa 1920
I Have This Magazine From The 40s But Don’t Have A Pic Of It So Here’s My Vintage Protector From The Early 50s
Dinosaur Coprolites Have Been Dated Back To The Cretaceous Period (146–66 Million Years Ago)
I'm guessing it belonged to a paleontologist, but he got tired of studying the same old $hit and sold it.
I Recently Acquired This Ancient Item, Specifically For Its Age
Wish I could edit my post. With reference to grabbing screen from my Heritage Auction Archives.... also replace with my own photo later. Lame 1st post from me. Will do better if I post again...
This Vase Is From The '60s
Note: this post originally had 57 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
Load More Replies... I just learned that I should treat my singer sewing machine with more respect.
Absolutely. If you can find the model/serial number on it you can look it up and find out a lot about it. Those things were built to last.
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Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
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I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
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I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
In 2000 I worked on an archeological exaction of what had been a coastal villa near Cumae, Italy (just west of Naples). At about the 1st century CE level I found a chunk of pumice about 25cm across. Without its being chemically analyzed it's impossible to be certain but given its location and stratigraphy it may well have come from one of the several Vesuvius eruptions that destroyed Herculanium and Pompeii. I have older stuff (dino bones and coprolites) but it's one of my favorites.
I have a ton of old/antique books. They're my babies. I'm not religious but my pride and joy is the old family bible dating back to 1881. It's all in German too.
I love antiques. I have furniture that dates back to 1890 that is in perfect condition. Unfortunately my phone will not allow me to upload the pictures. It sat in the parlor of a very well todo friend of mine. They owned a winery and the furniture was only sat on during holidays. I am not sure what it is worth but it was left to me after her passing, so to me it is priceless.
I don't have pictures but some of the oldest things in my house include the medals my great grandma won - she was a dancer who specialized in Ballet, and was trained by the Russian Ballet. With those medals are pamphlets from shows by Anna Pavlova, too, my great grandma was a huge fan. I own other old things like various antiques, but my great grandmas medals are more interesting family history. :)
My grandpa has this bible that’s like 100s of years old, it’s been it the family for generations and has a place in the middle for births, deaths, and marriages, some from 1860-1920. The cover is so pretty and embellished, it’s like from a a movie.
My brother is an antiques dealer. His whole house is full of the most interesting and old stuff! Also my great great grandfather was an archaeologist so there's some interesting things we've inherited. My favourite is an inscribed posy ring from the finger of a body in a plague pit.
I have some old Roman coins. Probably the oldest human made things in my house. But they aren't hard to find. Probably the coolest old thing I have is a souvenir American flag from the 1876 Worlds Fair in Philadelphia. The flag was a gift from my father, who found it at a flee market in Brazil (my home country). It had been brought back to Brazil by somebody visiting the fair in 1876. It has in fact been authenticated. When I showed it to the curator at the museum where the world's fair took place, he literally jumped with excitement. And yes, literally. He had seen them before, but most are in much worse condition, usually torn up, they were cheaply made to hand out. But whoever brought this one to Brazil, had it encased in glass. I have since replaced the glass with a plastic that also reduces UV light, to slow down the fading.
Also, my mother has a coin from the Brazilian Empire. Whenever I remind her that she has it, she argues that she couldn't possibly have one. Then we open her coin box, and she's pleasantly surprised to see it there. I'm starting to worry about her as i write this.
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Don't have a picture, but my great-grandmother's old bowls. They mean a lot to me.
The oldest thing in my house is a marble-topped telephone stand from the 1920s. I use it as a lamp table.
Apart from photos of great-grandparents, probably the house itself, it's about 90 years old. Oh the garden trees are probably 100+ but can't really tell
Cannon balls in pasture. I have lost count of how many hammers and other tools. Railroad spikes. This was cotton 100+ years. I keep losing pliers and screwdrivers.
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Why, just why? You're either 5 years old or you're just really stupid.
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I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
Load More Replies... I just learned that I should treat my singer sewing machine with more respect.
Absolutely. If you can find the model/serial number on it you can look it up and find out a lot about it. Those things were built to last.
Load More Replies... Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
Load More Replies... I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
Load More Replies... I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
In 2000 I worked on an archeological exaction of what had been a coastal villa near Cumae, Italy (just west of Naples). At about the 1st century CE level I found a chunk of pumice about 25cm across. Without its being chemically analyzed it's impossible to be certain but given its location and stratigraphy it may well have come from one of the several Vesuvius eruptions that destroyed Herculanium and Pompeii. I have older stuff (dino bones and coprolites) but it's one of my favorites.
I have a ton of old/antique books. They're my babies. I'm not religious but my pride and joy is the old family bible dating back to 1881. It's all in German too.
I love antiques. I have furniture that dates back to 1890 that is in perfect condition. Unfortunately my phone will not allow me to upload the pictures. It sat in the parlor of a very well todo friend of mine. They owned a winery and the furniture was only sat on during holidays. I am not sure what it is worth but it was left to me after her passing, so to me it is priceless.
I don't have pictures but some of the oldest things in my house include the medals my great grandma won - she was a dancer who specialized in Ballet, and was trained by the Russian Ballet. With those medals are pamphlets from shows by Anna Pavlova, too, my great grandma was a huge fan. I own other old things like various antiques, but my great grandmas medals are more interesting family history. :)
My grandpa has this bible that’s like 100s of years old, it’s been it the family for generations and has a place in the middle for births, deaths, and marriages, some from 1860-1920. The cover is so pretty and embellished, it’s like from a a movie.
My brother is an antiques dealer. His whole house is full of the most interesting and old stuff! Also my great great grandfather was an archaeologist so there's some interesting things we've inherited. My favourite is an inscribed posy ring from the finger of a body in a plague pit.
I have some old Roman coins. Probably the oldest human made things in my house. But they aren't hard to find. Probably the coolest old thing I have is a souvenir American flag from the 1876 Worlds Fair in Philadelphia. The flag was a gift from my father, who found it at a flee market in Brazil (my home country). It had been brought back to Brazil by somebody visiting the fair in 1876. It has in fact been authenticated. When I showed it to the curator at the museum where the world's fair took place, he literally jumped with excitement. And yes, literally. He had seen them before, but most are in much worse condition, usually torn up, they were cheaply made to hand out. But whoever brought this one to Brazil, had it encased in glass. I have since replaced the glass with a plastic that also reduces UV light, to slow down the fading.
Also, my mother has a coin from the Brazilian Empire. Whenever I remind her that she has it, she argues that she couldn't possibly have one. Then we open her coin box, and she's pleasantly surprised to see it there. I'm starting to worry about her as i write this.
Load More Replies... Don't have a picture, but my great-grandmother's old bowls. They mean a lot to me.
The oldest thing in my house is a marble-topped telephone stand from the 1920s. I use it as a lamp table.
Apart from photos of great-grandparents, probably the house itself, it's about 90 years old. Oh the garden trees are probably 100+ but can't really tell
Cannon balls in pasture. I have lost count of how many hammers and other tools. Railroad spikes. This was cotton 100+ years. I keep losing pliers and screwdrivers.
Earn income while simply working online. work from home whenever you want. just for maximum 2 hours a day you can make more than Plmj $500 per day online. from this i made $17632 last month in my spare time. check info here. https://www.easywork2.com/
Why, just why? You're either 5 years old or you're just really stupid.
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