Interesting Finds In Houses (25 pics)

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"I Developed A 120-Year-Old Photo Found In A Time Capsule"

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"Someone in my family told me about a possible time capsule in our old house. After investigation, I found a box dating from around 1900 and the belongings of a little girl judging by the objects found inside."

"I Found This Victorian Terracotta Tiles Underneath Layers And Layers Of Wood And Linoleum. It Was Such A Pain To Get There, But So Worth It"

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"Uncovered This Beauty - We're Still Finding As Much History As We Can. We Have Found That This Pub Of Mine Was Built In At Least 1835 As A House, Before It Became A Pub In The 1870s"

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"I Found Louisa May Alcott's First Editions In The Century Home I Acquired. Rare Book Lottery Won"

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"I Was Doing Some Painting And Carpet Removal In Our 1920s Dutch Colonial When We Realized These Stained Glass Windows Were Underneath The Wood Paneling"

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"I Was Sorting Though Some Old Bricks That Was Left Over From Our 1890s Townhouse, And Came Across This"

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"Discovered Original Tin Ceiling In Our 1920s Foursquare"

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"I Found A 130-Year-Old Recipe Book While Cleaning Out My Grandma's House"

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"Grandma was from the UK, and it contains handwritten recipes. I'm struggling to read most of them, but they get more plain in the times during the world wars."

"Medical Chest I Found In My Grandfather's Attic. I Think It's From Japanese Showa Period"

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"We Found This Tunnel In The Basement Of Our Rowhouse. The House Was Built Between 1850-1874"

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"It's located in southeast Pennsylvania. Directly above the tunnel is a public sidewalk and street. If you continued down the tunnel, you would be under a cemetery established circa 1750. The house is rumored to have been part of the Underground Railroad, and the realtor alleges the tunnel is connected."

"We Found This Beautiful Old Cast Iron Furnace Vent, Original To Our 1897 Farm House"

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"Plate Warmer Rediator In Our 1888 Home. We Bought The House About 5 Years Ago. I've Been In And Seen Hundreds Of Historic Homes And Never Seen Anything Like It"

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"A Woman From Edinburgh Discovered A 135-Year-Old Note Buried Under The Floorboards Of Her House"

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"The Victorian time capsule was found in the exact place in the floorboards where it had been left on October 6, 1887. The Victorian-era note reads: "James Richie and John Grieve laid this floor, but they did not drink the whisky. October 6, 1887. Whoever finds this bottle may think our dust is blowing along the road.""

"We Find Out That Our New 1912 Foursquare House Has Hundreds Of Old Books In The Attic"

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"I Found This In The Yard Of My Old House In Agra, India"

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"Update: My father sent a few samples to the Archaeological Survey of India in Agra, as suggested by many, so thank you. Those of you who said they are Terracotta figures, you were correct. They are Portuguese Terracotta figures from the 3rd to 4th century. I can't believe I thought these figurines were nothing of value and considered throwing them away."

"I Was Cleaning Out My Dad's Old House Today And Stumbled Upon His Amazing Spider-Man Collection. He Has Every Issue From #15 To #700"

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"I Found My Great-Great-Grandfather's 1899 Certificate Of U.S. Citizenship, In Which He Renounced His Allegiance To The Emperor Of Austria"

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"Apparently, I Slept 10 Feet Away From A 1910 Singer Sewing Machine My Entire Life Without Knowing It"

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"My family inherited our 1920-built home from a family friend whose father built it, and when she passed away, we also got everything inside it. That was over 30 years ago, and we found lots of treasures over the years. My mom recently, dug in the eaves and found this 1910 Singer sewing machine with a cabinet. It was closed, so she always thought it was just an old table until she opened it last week. It needs a new lightbulb, and the pulley belt disintegrated, but other than that, it appears to be in good shape. For now, it's going to be a nice showpiece in my home, but one day I'll replace the parts. I just can't believe it took us 30 years to find it."

"I Found Some Coins In A House I Recently Bought In Alexandria, Egypt"

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"While Replacing A Wall In My Basement, I Found A 100-Year-Old Marriage Certificate"

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"The House I Grew Up In Was Being Torn Down, So I Went Up Into The Attic And Found This Between The Rafters. Label Reads: "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1765"

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"Vintage Board Games I Found In Attic Of My New House, Which Was Built In The 70s"

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"Fireplace Lottery?"

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"I decided to take a sneak peek behind a wall that covered up one of the fireplaces on our first floor, hoping to find an exposed brick. I Didn't find it, but we came across something else. Our House was built around 1898, and we wonder if this is original to the house. I will remove the entire wall tomorrow to see what else I'm working with. I'm hoping to restore this thing to its glory."

"I'm Clearing Out My Recently Deceased Grandfather's Attic And Found Just Over 200 Grams Of Gold Powder"