This is going to be what my husband calls one of my long runs for a short slide, so please bear with me... Until a year ago, when we moved out of...
Several years ago an elderly friend gave me about six tools and asked me to find out what they were for. He later said he didn't want them back...
I am guesstimating the date of this tie bar from the items found with it (and matching cuff links) in a gentleman's box (do you call it a jewelry...
A friend of mine went to an estate sale in, as she said, "A very interesting old house." She added it was in the hallway "leading from the most...
I am trying to transcribe the last name of 12-year-old Emily, who stitched this Hibernia piece. I tried researching an Emily Belletta, born ca....
I am giving away--for free--a great many things, preparatory to a move in about a year and I would like to describe this pitcher before I post it...
I always assumed this heavily-beaded basket has African origins and is older, but not an antique. I am quite sure that is a small, rusty, metal...
I believe the USA pottery mark was used by a few (several?) potteries. Can anyone identify the pottery from which this bean pot originated and the...
This unidentified gentleman is a relative of my cousin's husband and she asked for help identifying the uniform. I have no idea to what branch of...
I am asking about this for a friend who owns this thistle pin and is asking for help with the marks on the back... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Because of...
A woman in our town came to our small local history museum with this scan of a woman and asked if I can identify her. The photo from which this...
4" long x 1.25" wide x ca. 1" high. Marked on the bottom: Beverage Truck; Made in USA; No. 15 Dark blue and in better condition than most I saw...
Free Costa Rican pottery (but please pay for priority mail shipping) ca, 3.5" high x ca. 4.5" wide signed (I think!) by the artist, "from the town...
I would like to offer whatever this is as a free giveaway here, but would like to know how to describe it. Persian? Tablecloth? Some kind of...
Just to share this sweet photograph and Helen's smile... Somewhere in my house is the original (ca. 1910?) photograph, but today I found this...
This is a transcription of a very moving WWI letter I bought a couple of years ago, at an estate sale near me. For this Memorial Day holiday......
My cousin is trying to ID these medals, from a photo of her husband's great, great grandfather, John Reese, who served in the Civil War. She...
My cousin bought this (ca. 1890, I believe) photo and asked for help identifying the hats on the women. The crossed swords look like those on hats...
In researching this ocarina, I see the Metropolitan Museum of Art has one (or more?) in their collection, by the same maker. I bought this at the...
Free 1943, 7" x 10", 43-page, Wally Frank Ltd. Christmas Catalog for pipe smokers. The cover has worn edges and the pages are now only attached at...
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