*Please note- This site search does not include the Vic. & Tas. BMD's, Lots o' Links & Worth a Look Books
Some Families keep Treasures within,
that others have thrown in the bin;
A letter or note
some Ancestor wrote
a trinket, old watch, or a pin

show & tell- items from the past

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A Christmas card ca.1930
(Actual Size)
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84 year old Grave Digger-
Mrs. Josephine Smith of Drouin, Victoria
Mrs Josephine Smith, taken by Jim Fitzpatrick in 1944 as part of a study of the inhabitants of the Victorian town of Drouin. Then aged eighty-four, Mrs Smith was a fully qualified gravedigger, spending much of her free time planting trees at the Drouin Cemetery and keeping the graves tidy. 
Paid thirty shillings for the eight hours’ hard work required to dig each grave, Mrs Smith took up her ‘hobby’ to help her third husband when a bout of ill health prevented him from digging the graves unaided. Impressively fit herself, Mrs Smith claimed to keep her strength up by drinking a bottle of stout after completing each grave and by eating plenty of ‘plain’ food (don't know about the stout!).​​
​https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/hand
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Beautiful Cemetery Shots
These two photographs were taken at the WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY, London. The one at the top is the grave of Gladys Spencer, who was a teacher of child dancers and performers at the Classical 
Academy of Music and Dance in Manor Park. Gladys taught both piano and singing and was involved in charity work. Gladys died of pneumonia on April 6th 1931, aged just 34. Her memorial is in her likeness, laying against a miniature version of the piano she used. The inscription reads “In Loving Memory of Gladys Spencer LLCM. My darling Gladey who passed away 6th April 1931 aged 34 years. The gardener hath plucked a still rarer flower".
Old Kodak camera 1907
The camera takes 'Autographic' film. The autographic system for roll film allowed the 
photographer to add written ​information on the film.
The Hair of Mary Tudor
The hair in the locket belonged to Mary Tudor, who was Queen of France for a short while. Daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York  & sister of Henry VIII and Arthur. Red locks is said to have been a trademark of the Tudors - both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were famous for their copper-red hair. The hair was taken from Mary's tomb in 1784 when her tomb at St. Edmunds-bury was opened for the first time, since being interred after Mary's death.
http://timesoftudors.blogspot.com.au/2013
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A beautiful example of Victorian Mourning Jewelery
Mourning Jewelery
http://pinterest.com/kitskyy/mourning-arts-hair
This locket is only about an inch in diameter, with the photo on one side & finely woven real hair on the other side. Two different shades of light brown intertwined hair & still in perfect 
​condition. Professionally crafted by a hair weaver or a jewelry maker, hair jewelry was the height of the romanticism & sentiment that characterized the Victorian era. Some were done as
mourning pieces for lost loved ones & others as love tokens from sweethearts. What a fabulous keepsake!
For more, go to-
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/collect
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Genealogy of Pedronilla and Juliana 1576 (place unknown)
A pictorial genealogy of four generations 1576.
​Vault Oversize Ayer MS 1902.
https://www.newberry.org/catalog-search-strategies
Library in Footscray ca.1930
Henry Jordan seated in the Local Library that he ran in Footscray, Victoria ca.1930. The library was a low cost subscription library. Henry was born in Williamstown, Victoria in 1880.
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Haymarket,
​Lincoln, Nebraska
In Lincoln’s first years, the area called the ‘Haymarket’ was a place of dwellings & retail stores.  As the town grew, and especially as it succeeded in the 1870's and ‘80's in attracting railroads to the Salt Creek bottom lands, wholesale jobbing and manufacturing businesses began displacing the stores and houses east of the rail yards. 
http://www.getleaded.com/haymar
Tins
The Old English Pot Pourri was 'Prepared in England'. "An exquisite combination of specially selected flowers etc. manufactured by a special process, For the Drawing Room or Boudoir.' c1918
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Cerebos Salt was manufactured in England, net weight 1 1/2 pounds c1920
The 'Balranald' 
Katherine Emily Burge. On her trip from Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald' 
Check out  their expressions? Priceless!               
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Cast Iron 'Punch' Door Stopper
Old Plastic Shopping Bags
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Golden Fleece Swap cards ca. 1960's
Old Hair Pins ca.1930's
Old Hoadley's
​Chocolate Boxes
Classic Cottee's
​Soft Drink Bottle
Dairy Bell Ice-cream
​ca.1980's
G.E. Portable Electric Mixer ca.1970's
Baby Carry Basket Net
​for cars ca.1970's
This net was to be placed over a carry bassinet for your baby, to stop him rolling out, while travelling in the car. The straps along the edge were tightened & the seat belt would strap across the basket to hold it in place (before baby capsules). The hole in the centre, is so that you can put your hand through, to gain access to the baby if needed.
"Guess who's Mum's got a whirlpool?"
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Pinnock Sewing Machine