I am fascinated by antiques - sometimes I am made fun by my hubby about this lifelong passion.
At one of our house cleanings... My husband decided to reorganize our big closet and guess what he took out: a box full of really old 78 rpm records. really good music: Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, etc...
The treasure was only thought to be the 78 rpm records, but no!!! Look at the wrappers!!!
The records were wrapped in GUESS WHAT???
Newspapers from 1944 to 1946!!!
Incredible...
Tons of pages of fashion, ads and every kind of news. The war was raging on and in some of them, the vets were coming back to face the problems of adjusting back to "normal life". Sounds familiar, huh?
The biggest problem now is to kind of restore them, the pages are super yellow and brittle = falling to pieces at the lightest touch. Another project: find plastic sleeves that fit them.
I am happy though...Another time capsule... laying there for decades, just under my nose. Good surprise indeed!
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