What items in your home have already become antiques? (31 photos)

Category: Nostalgia, PEGI 0+
14 September 2023

Old things turn into antiques, gaining charm of past eras. Users of one online community were asked to show the oldest things in their house. Here is a collection of products with a rich history.





1. "My aunt as a child. 1919"



2. "February 1899, made by my great-grandfather"





3. “It still works great!”



4. "I have this corkscrew key. Not sure how old it is, but it's been in my family for as long as I can remember."



5. “My indigenous great-grandmother Serafina Gauna s daughter Marina. The baby is Laura Ward's granddaughter. Filmed in Yuma, Arizona in 1900. This is the only photo we have."



6. "My Grandparents' TV, 1940s"



7. "Maybe not the oldest thing in my house, but my father's 1956 Chevy 210 Gasser is definitely the coolest"



8. "Photograph of great-great-great-grandmother"



9. “I got this chandelier from my grandmother.”



10. "Rogers Majestic Radio 1937/38"



11. “An iron given many years ago by a friend born in the late 1800s in rural Nevada.”



12. "Photo taken in 1900 near Sullivan, Indiana State. My grandmother in a dark dress on the left is holding my aunt. Standing nearby is a woman whom we called the evil witch as children. She is dressed in mourning clothes"



13. Torah 1776



14. "Union Pacific Sleeping Car Secretary"



15. “This bookcase, which belonged to my father and his mother before that, is about 100 years old.”



16. Victorian style coat rack



17. "I'm not sure how old the chest of drawers is. It might be Victorian or Edwardian."



18. "Photograph of the Berg Madsen clothing store, owned by my great-grandparents in Denmark. Around 1910"



19. “My house was built in 1861. During the Civil War, armies marched past it on their way to Gettysburg.”



20. Euclid's Elements, printed in 1647



21. "English teapot. It was brought from England after the Second World War, when my grandmother married an American"



22. Bible 1855



23. "Found after Hurricane Hazel"



24. Antique watches



25. “Our little deity... The figurine was presented for an anniversary in 1971 We were told that it was made in 900-1100."



"American Civil War School Teacher's Desk"



27. "My bed is Brazilian mahogany, made in the 1860s."



28. Painting "Twilight" of the 19th century



29. Underwood typewriter, 1920s



30. 1950s lamp

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