Redneck Relics For Sure

Do you youngsters know what theses are -

I finally stopped into the Redneck Relics antiques store the other day, which is just down 11E.

An interesting place to say the least. Not very organized, rather quite messy but a fun place to get lost in.

A Blast From The Past

My grandfather worked for Union Carbide in South Charleston, West Virginia for 41 years!

"Charlie Frye (with an "e") came here over 41 years ago. He spent 30 days in AX and 30 days in the catalyst, then went to ethanol operations for 24 years,  Since '69, Charlie has been in polyols as foreman on "C" shift. The Frye's have two children and four grandchildren"

Below is a picture of my grandfather at his 40-year celebration party -

 To be a fly on the wall...

A Time Gone By

Going through some old paperwork of my folks, I came across the below November 1977 Singer special event advertisements, which are in very good condition.

Suppose the prices listed were considered expensive back then.  Interestingly, I did a "Singer sewing machine" search on Amazon and the returned results show similar prices, see below.  However, I suspect the ones made back in the day were made with solid pieces and parts that lasted versus today's models are made with plastics and much less reliable -

FYI - Amazon returned results for "Singer sewing machines" -

Here are a couple of cash register receipts from the Singer Sewing Machine Company from back in 1955 and 1956.  I'm guessing these were receipts for a new sewing machine that my mother bought at that time. Although, I am confused at the name that's written on each but the address, 24 Staniford Street in Boston, is where my mom's family lived at that time.

I still have my mothers Singer sewing machine here at my place and it still works perfectly -

 

Here is a current map of 24 Staniford street today.  I'm guessing the old apartment building is long gone, having been replaced with something more modern and with more capacity.  Perhaps, when the weather warms come spring I'll take a ride into Boston one day and walk around this area to get a lay of the land - 

If we could only go back in time...

Blast From The Past

WOW, seems like forever ago!  Where has the time gone?!

Blast From The Past

Who remembers these two pet stores?!

Sadly, they're long gone now.

Condiments Anyone?

Checkout my vintage Dachshund knick-knack.  Came across this bad boy while trying to clean and get organized.

Interestingly, this is not your ordinary Dachshund, no sir!

A closer inspection shows holes at the top of it's head and the top of it's behind, hmm!

Care to take a guess at what this jewel is?

Two holes on the head -

Three holes on the behind -

The view underneath, two larger holes -

This is a vintage salt (head) and pepper (behind) shaker!

And it's in very good condition.  Sounds like one of the belly corks is stuck inside the critter and unfortunately the second one is long gone.  However, still a pretty cool item from my childhood.

Breakfast Anyone?!

A blast from the past, Building 19!  Who remembers?!

A box of Jerry O's.  Certainly a collectors items...

Basket-O-Glass Balls

Decorative heavy glass balls piled high.

Pulled from Charlie's Place and cleaned.

Now what do I do with them?