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Genealogy- Items from the past
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that others have thrown in the bin;
A letter or note
some Ancestor wrote
a trinket, old watch, or a pin
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A Christmas card ca.1930
(Actual Size)
Christmas Card ca.1930
Christmas Card ca. 1930

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84 year old Grave Digger-
Mrs. Josephine
Smith of Drouin, Victoria
84 year old Grave Digger- Mrs. Josephine Smith of Drouin, Victoria
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
WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY, London. grave of Gladys Spencer
WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY, London
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
1907 Kodak Camera
Kodak 1907 Autographic film
...........................................................Thanks Beth
The camera takes 'Autographic' film. 
The 
The autographic system for roll film allowed the 
photographer to add written ​information on the film.

Cerebos Salt was manufactured in England, net weight 1 1/2 pounds c1920
.........................................................Thanks Bernice
The Hair of Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor's hair in a locket
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
Victorian Mourning Jewelery
Mourning Jewelery
http://pinterest.com/kitskyy/mourning-arts-hair

Hair in Locket Victortian Mourning
Victorian locket only about an inch in diameter







Thanks
​Beth
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)
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 born Williamstown, Victoria 1880
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, Nebrask
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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
Old English Pot Pourri
..........................             ...Thanks Bernice
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
Cerebos Salt was manufactured in England, net weight 1 1/2 pounds c1920

The 'Balranald' 
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Katherine Emily Burge. On her trip from Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
​                                                                                                                                                                Thanks Leslie
Check out  their expressions? Priceless!               
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
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Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'
Melbourne to England in 1923 onboard the 'Balranald'

Cast Iron 'Punch' Door Stopper
Cast Iron Punch Door Stopper

Old Plastic Shopping Bags
Coles New World
Victoria The Garden State

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Golden Fleece Swap cards ca. 1960's
Golden Fleece Swap cards ca. 1960's
Golden Fleece Swap cards ca. 1960's

Old Hair Pins ca.1930's
Old Hair Pins ca.1930's

Old Hoadley's
​Chocolate Boxes
Old Hoadley's ​Chocolate Boxes
Old Hoadley's ​Chocolate Boxes

Classic Cottee's
​Soft Drink Bottle
Classic Cottee's Soft Drink Bottle














​Thanks Em

Dairy Bell Ice-cream
​ca.1980's
Dairy Bell Ice-cream 1980's
Dairy Bell Ice-cream 1980's

G.E. Portable Electric Mixer ca.1970's
G.E. Portable Electric Mixer ca.1970's

Baby Carry Basket Net
​for cars 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.

Old Hoadley's ​Chocolate Boxes

"Guess who's Mum's got a whirlpool?"

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Pinnock Sewing Machine
Pinnock Sewing Machine
Pinnock Sewing Machine
Pinnock Sewing Machine Factory South Australia
Pinnock Sewing Machine Factory South Australia
                                                                                                                                                                  Thanks Mum
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