I forgot. I also have one of the original phonographs made by Thomas A. Edison. It uses cylinder records, one of which has T.A.E.'s voice on it. Very interesting, especially for the grandkids to hear. I have 2 large boxes of records to go with it. My mother recently tried to sell them in a garage sale for $1 each! She has alzheimers.
Also have a HUGE crock. It may be 5 gallon but I'd bet it's 10 gallon. Probably was used for sauerkraut or pickles.
AND I have a HUGE dutch oven that holds plants. You could cook a whole hog in it, it's so big. I guess when there were large families they needed them that big. It's got to be 3' across. My mother got it 50 years ago from an old man whose family came from Germany. The land they lived on had lots of friendly Indians, so we also have a couple of big rocks that they used to grind corn for their own cornmeal. The wear pattern on both rocks is smooth and one fits inside the other. Amazing. Must have been a lot of work grinding corn down with that. Lots of history there.
Also have an antique bottle capper. My grandmother used to make homemade root beer. She bottled it in big glass bottles and used this bottle capper to seal them up. She used it back in the 1920's. Don't know how much older it is than that. Also have their crank ice cream freezer from the same time frame.
Have 3 antique clocks that run great.
My mother's basement was actually full of antiques. Lots of various-sized crocks, etc. No idea what to do with them, so now they inhabit MY basement.
Also have a HUGE crock. It may be 5 gallon but I'd bet it's 10 gallon. Probably was used for sauerkraut or pickles.
AND I have a HUGE dutch oven that holds plants. You could cook a whole hog in it, it's so big. I guess when there were large families they needed them that big. It's got to be 3' across. My mother got it 50 years ago from an old man whose family came from Germany. The land they lived on had lots of friendly Indians, so we also have a couple of big rocks that they used to grind corn for their own cornmeal. The wear pattern on both rocks is smooth and one fits inside the other. Amazing. Must have been a lot of work grinding corn down with that. Lots of history there.
Also have an antique bottle capper. My grandmother used to make homemade root beer. She bottled it in big glass bottles and used this bottle capper to seal them up. She used it back in the 1920's. Don't know how much older it is than that. Also have their crank ice cream freezer from the same time frame.
Have 3 antique clocks that run great.
My mother's basement was actually full of antiques. Lots of various-sized crocks, etc. No idea what to do with them, so now they inhabit MY basement.