Cool Things From The Past (29 pics)

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These antique glass perfume Nips (or ampules) that date back to the '30s through '50s:

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This colorful 1957 GE Electric Kitchen, which came complete with a two-in-one washer and dryer as well as a dishwasher:

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This very old bottle of cocaine someone found in their grandma's belongings:

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This Woodstock ticket, which — according to an inflation calculator — would have cost about $60 in today's money:

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These Orange Lily va***al suppositories for "female diseases" used in the late 1800s and early 1900s:

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This metal purse that — surprise! — is actually a makeup compact:

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And there's this super convenient gun-shaped makeup compact from the '20s, too:

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These baby cages popular in 1930s London that — yes, you saw that right! — suspended babies outside the window of residences without outdoor spaces to "air" them out:

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And this late 1950s Philco Predicta TV set:

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This "civil defense preparedness" card someone found in a wallet from the '60s, explaining what to do in a nuclear crisis:

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This wooden table from the 1890s with built-in bowls:

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This 1970s Electrohome Saturn record player that looks like it's straight out of outer space:

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This cute as hell Lenox spice village from 1989:

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This evidently old school metal shopping list:

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This bottle of cough medicine from 1919 that's so old, it was made with heroin:

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This wheelable dishwasher from the '70s that had to be rolled over to the sink and connected to the faucet to work:

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This roll top writing desk that — according to OP — was made back in the 1880s and restored in the '70s:

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This neon salesman's sample case dating back to the '30s:

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This “Welcome to Bell” telephone operator employee pamphlet that belonged to OP's grandma, dated May 30th, 1954:

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These photos of various airplanes in the 1940s, which were generally a) more spacious and b) a place where you'd entertain yourself by talking to your seatmate:

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These morphine vials from WWII:

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This retro metallic wallpaper that I'd argue needs to make a comeback, TBH:

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This mimeograph machine — invented in the 1870s and used throughout a good chunk of the 1900s — which made copies using a stencil:

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This typewriter from the '50s made specifically for sheet music:

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This Lucite purse from back in the '50s:

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These perhaps not-so-slightly phallic-looking telephones from Sweden in the '50s:

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This vintage Girl Scout uniform, which likely dates back to the mid-1900s:

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And finally, these smallpox vaccine vials OP found in their grandmother's house: