What's the oldest thing in your home?

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
08/03/2018 at 14:33 • Filed to: None

This could be interesting. And no, you can’t put yourself down.

I’m unsure on mine. The pink Borg bathroom scale above was made in the 50's so it’s definitely a contende r. Sure, it’s a bit worn, but it works just fine for my purposes. Doesn’t need to be accurate, as I’m uninterested in weight. I just need a way to track the CHANGE in weight. So, old pink scale. Maybe someday I’ll clean it up, but probably not.

Contender number two! Copper and bake lite rotary dial phone. No clue where this came from , I’ve had it for years. I seem to recall that it was Dutch... So... 40's maybe? Da mn thing weighs almost twenty pounds. They don’t build ‘em like they used to!

DISCUSSION (92)

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:36

My console is the oldest thing off the top of my head from 1955. Trying to think what else.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-does-oppo-think-of-the-new-tv-console-1826409081

AestheticsInMotion > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
08/03/2018 at 14:37

I remember seeing that. Looks great. If I hadn't switched to a projector setup I'd love something like that

OPPOsaurus WRX > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:37

authentic Nazi flag. It was taken as a war prize by someone on my wife’s side. its in a bag somewhere cuz its not really the type of thing I would decorate with.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:37

Kinja'd!!!

For sure this penny.

HammerheadFistpunch > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:38

We ’ve got some hand me downs from our (my wife and mine) grandmothers that predate the turn of the 20th century. Not sure when exactly.

benjrblant > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:38

Kinja'd!!!

Original GE oven from 1959. There’s a matching bathtub too.

Longtime Lurker > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:38

Family heirloom furniture 150 year old curio cabinet and a 12o year old kitchen table. The table is not being used as it needs to be restored

AestheticsInMotion > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/03/2018 at 14:39

Oh god. Yeah I could see potential issues if someone saw that when you weren’t around to explain the “why”.

Decay buys too many beaters > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:39

A 1938 Tula Arsenal 91/30 Mosin Nagant.

AestheticsInMotion > benjrblant
08/03/2018 at 14:40

That is so cool. Does it still function properly?

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:41

The house itself, built in 1918-20.

3point8isgreat > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:41

Easily one of my Violins. The full size one I use is *probably* from the early 1930's judging by the tag inside it (Great Grandfather purchased it). The other is a smaller size made by an apprentice, and I have no clue when it’s from. Probably also early 1900's.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:41

I’ve got some thrones that are, allegedly, from around 1890. Allegedly. (sorry for the terrible picture. That is what I had)

Kinja'd!!!

Otherwise I’d have to like... the house... which is from 1918.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:43

YOUR MOM

nj959 > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:43

We have a WWI British Army bayonet from a great-grandfather. The tip of it is pretty dented up, no comment as to why.

Ash78, voting early and often > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:43

My great great great grandfather’s Civil War discharge papers, which he earned just a year after arriving from Germany and completing the Vicksburg campaign with the Union Army. It’s basically how he got his citizenship. I’ll see if I can find it and grab a pic.

They were like “PRIVATE KARL...KARL....STREI.....STREITZ..... CHARLES SMITH !”

Cultural sensitivity with immigrants was not a strong suit of 19th-century America.

LOREM IPSUM > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/03/2018 at 14:44

Yeah, that might be difficult if not impossible to explain.

One day though, hopefully far far in the future, someone is going to sort through all of your things and come across it. Might want to leave a note attached.

Reminded of “It’s Always Sunny” when they found out Dee and Dennis’ grandfather was a Nazi. Lol

AestheticsInMotion > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/03/2018 at 14:45

Kinja'd!!!

lone_liberal > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:46

I’m pretty sure it’s the Camaro parked in the garage. If we aren’t counting that then it would be the Zenith console stereo I bought a while back. It’s both solid state and quadraphonic!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:46

If I can’t count the bones of the house (50's), there’s an old 8mm (yes 8mm, not even Super 8) projector hanging around. Heavy as. Still works though afaik.

Also there’s a WW2 era army knife somewhere around, but it isn’t *technically* kept in the house, but in a toolbox in one of our vehicles.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/03/2018 at 14:46

Kiiiiinja!!!!!

Kinja'd!!!

vicali > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:47

M y A r i s t o c r a t i s p r o b a b l y m y m o s t u s e d o l dest t h i n g ;

Kinja'd!!!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:47

I’d say the rocks that our fire place surround is made out of. S edimentary rock from this region is from the Proterozoic age which was deposited from 1,600 to 800 million years ago.

Kinja'd!!!

LOREM IPSUM > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:47

Probably a drop leaf table from the early 1900's, though there is a lot of antique crystal, china, etc in the china cabinet. Hard to say for sure.

punkgoose17 > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:48

I bought one of these a few months ago. The wife believes when I finally try it, it will burn down the house.

My banjo is probably also from the mid 1960's. We may have some beer steins and tea pots that are older.

LOREM IPSUM > benjrblant
08/03/2018 at 14:48

That is awesome, and would probably fetch a small fortune from the right buyer I'd imagine.

jimz > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:50

I don’t know exactly how old it is, but I have a piston from an Allison V-1710 V12 engine.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Ash78, voting early and often
08/03/2018 at 14:50

Cultural sensitivity with immigrants was not a strong suit of 19th-century America.

so your saying we’ve improv ed?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:50

Theres a pillow that I have that is from the family that is said to be from the great depression era

benjrblant > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:53

Yes, but there are no springs in the door and its quite heavy.

Cé hé sin > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:57

This conveyance. It’s as shown, 1759. My aunt found it and thought I might be interested in it. How she came to have it I’ve no idea (and neither does she).

Kinja'd!!!

Nibbles > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:58

I have a desk that turns into a 7.5 foot dining table from the early ‘50s. Also my great grandma’s shotgun from 1926

Couple of old clocks too but they’re no older than the desk IIRC

CalzoneGolem > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:58

I’ve got this rock that I believe is millions of years old.

All joking asi de I have some ancient roman coins and a half penny from the late 1800's that I won’t be digging out to take a picture of.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 14:59

Me.

Chinny Raccoon > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:03

Does the house count? 1640s, so everything else is quite a bit newer on that sort of scale.

AestheticsInMotion > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/03/2018 at 15:03

Now there are two images. Kinja why

Ash78, voting early and often > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/03/2018 at 15:04

Like 95% better. As bad as it still seems right now from the news, it’s easy to forget that things like casual anti-Semitism was still alive and basically fully accepted in the US, even right after the Holocaust.

Today at least we have discussions like “Is it still okay to say ‘Hispanic’ or is ‘Latino’ preferred?” Not very long ago, that wasn’t even a discussion. It was far uglier.

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/03/2018 at 15:04

I'll allow it.

AestheticsInMotion > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish
08/03/2018 at 15:04

Ohhhh an Indian head.

AestheticsInMotion > punkgoose17
08/03/2018 at 15:05

Old kitchen appliances are neat

AestheticsInMotion > vicali
08/03/2018 at 15:06

The best a man can get?

AestheticsInMotion > Chinny Raccoon
08/03/2018 at 15:07

Wow. I wonder how far I would have to walk from my current location to find something (man-made) that's that old

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:08

Who said I was joking

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:09

I’m a smart ass by nature and going to take the statement literally even though it is not the theme of your question.

vicali > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:12

Y e p , I ’ v e g o t a f e w f r o m t h e 6 0 s t h a t a r e e v e r y d a y r a z o r s , t h i s o n e w a s h a n d e d d o w n f r o m m y G r e a t G r a m p a s o it l i v e s i n i t ’ s c a s e . .

The Ghost of Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:13

I have a lot of 19th century tools, and a ton that are pre-19 40s

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:16

Kinja'd!!!

Commercial light fixture from very early 1900s.

BigBlock440 > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish
08/03/2018 at 15:16

I was going to say the house, but I’ve got a bunch of wheat pennies, oldest at 1914, so they’d win.

BigBlock440 > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:17

Either wheat pennies, or a kitchen hutch that my great-grandfather made. The oldest wheat penny is 1914, no idea about the hutch.

AestheticsInMotion > The Ghost of Oppo
08/03/2018 at 15:19

I think that deserves it's own Oppo post...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:20

There is native american art, clothing, tools, and constructions in your area that is much older than the 1640's.

ttyymmnn > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:20

Other than me? I would have to say this book, which belonged to my grandfather. He was a Latin scholar and newspaper editor, but also very widely educated in just about anything in the liberal arts. M y grandmother was a widely respected birder and naturalist. This is the second volume of Johnson’s Natural History, published in 1872. I have no idea if it’s worth anything, but it is a very handsome book, and I would bet that it fetched a fair price back in the day.

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > benjrblant
08/03/2018 at 15:21

Is the bathtub electric too?

Tristan > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:22

Umm... My Studebaker is in the garage which is attached to the house, so I’mma go with that.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
08/03/2018 at 15:23

I posted a book from 1872, but it looks like you beat me. Barely.

ttyymmnn > punkgoose17
08/03/2018 at 15:24

Had one exactly like that back in the day. I bet it still works just fine. Any Toast R Oven you buy today won’t last 12 months.

ttyymmnn > nj959
08/03/2018 at 15:25

Possibly from digging with it.

diplodicus > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:25

I pulled a bottle of Hore hound cough syrup out of my wall when putting an outlet in, dated Detroit 1892 IIRC. Have the bottle at home so I’ll have to double check.

ttyymmnn > jimz
08/03/2018 at 15:26

*breathing intensifies* Can you post a pic?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:27

Ha well I was originally an archeology major and my grandfather really enjoyed that etc.. I have a few things, I have fossils but as for man made objects I have a simple clay bead necklace from a mummy, I forget what kingdom, I have some flintknapped arrowheads and spearpoints from around the time people crossed the land bridge to north america. In college my professor specialized in that. Various things like that.

jimz > ttyymmnn
08/03/2018 at 15:28

when I get home.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:30

I have an awesome old Kirby vacuum that is really powerful. It cleans the boards under the carpet I would wager.

Quadradeuce > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:31

We have a civil war era fleam that’s been passed down through the generations.

Plus I’ve inherited most of the family’s book collection, and there’s a lot of old mid-1800s books in there. Gotta get my “library” done in my house so I can start going through them!

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/03/2018 at 15:31

Good point

The Ghost of Oppo > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:33

I’ve been meaning to get everything cleaned up and take some pictures. I recently found out there is a decent sized community of old tool collectors on instagram of all places.

InFierority Complex > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:33

I’ve got an old chest that my mom’s family brought over when they immigrated from Sweden in the 1860s-70s. My dining room set from that same part of the family isn’t much younger.

vondon302 > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:36

That phone is gorgeous. Neat!

Hmmm 1929 Sears single shot shot gun.

A bunch of WW 2 stuff Japanese and American

2 man saw of unknown vintage but very old. But the oldest thing a Shakespeare book from 1829. It's in rough shape though.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:37

Probably the apartment itself, which I think was built in ye olden days of the 1980' s. #Millennial

Kinja'd!!!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:37

Oldest functional thing: My full-size bed and dresser are from around 1920 . The mattress and box spring are much newer, being replaced most recently maybe seven or eight years ago. My great grand parents probably ordered it from the S ears catalog, where it was shipped to Dix, NE via D enver. It was originally a three piece set with a night stand, but that the stand was either gotten rid of or given to someone else in the family at some point in the 80's . It’s got far more scratches than I would prefer, but it is made from white mahogany with the original finish still on it . It has been my bed since I was five.

Oldest thing: I’ve got a pottery sherd (was the spot where a handle attached to a pot). It’s El Paso brown, probably from around 1000-1200 AD- ish.

vondon302 > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/03/2018 at 15:38

I got a Japanese one. At least I can put it up lol

Haase > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:46

Oldest item would be a Waltham pocket watch from 1877... I don’t have a picture.

The oldest automotive item in the house is my Tilt-Lok “fatman” steering wheel for my 1926 Chevrolet. The wheel is from 1919 or 1920. Again, no picture.

BahamaTodd > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 15:56

A 32 year old teddy bear I’ve had since I was 1.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/03/2018 at 15:58

We’ve got one of those, too. My grand father was an ordinance officer during the war , and because he spoke German fluently, worked as an interrogator in Nuremberg after. The flag has the signatures and some farewell inscriptions from a bunch of Americans on it. It looks like it was given to him as parting gift by folks he worked with.

Mercedes Streeter > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:22

Oldest thing for me has to be a 1999 or 2000 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. It’s an issue with a green cover dedicated to the first Xbox.

Kiltedpadre > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:27

I have a bayonet, a number of bullets and musket balls, and some paperwork from the Civil War.

I have a couple musket balls I’ve been told are from The War of 1812, but that age isn’t verified.

Kiltedpadre > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:28

Oh wait, I have some fossils at my house as well. There’s an old rock quarry in my area that’s been turned into a park and there are areas where you can fossil hunt.

Long-Voyager > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:35

Does one’s home count?

Our house was originally built in the mid 1800s as a single room shack, most of which is still intact, just built around over the years.

JeepJeremy > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:50

that rotary phone is awesome!

RPM esq. > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 16:52

I recently inherited my great-grandfather’s dress sword, from a time when retired military officers often wore their dress regalia to fancy events, but also usually had their own dress sword made because it’s a bit rude and impractical to walk around with a sharp and heavy cavalry weapon at dinner . My grandfather primarily used it to saber Champagne bottles, which is what I use it for as well.

KnowsAboutCars > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 17:16

An issue of Suomen Kuvalehti from 1918. Also some family photos from earlier 1910s.

ranwhenparked > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 17:34

I’m not sure, I have a few odds and ends from the WWI era and maybe a wrench from the early 1900s. Oldest verifiable that I can lay my hands on right now would just be a Heywood-Wakefield sideboard from the late ‘40s/early ‘50s that I use as a liquor cabinet.

xc90v8/I4 :( > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 18:31

As a non american I must say those are rookie numbers ;)

Thinking for about 2 secs a Halberd from 13xx that was passed down comes to mind. There’s lots of other old stuff around as well but that’s the oldest I can think of right now.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 18:37

Kinja'd!!!

I have a few coins from t he 1910's, and this $100 bill from ‘34. As far as actual items with a purpose, I have a hammer from my grandfather from sometime in the 40's.

jimz > ttyymmnn
08/03/2018 at 18:51

Ask and shall ye receive

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > jimz
08/03/2018 at 18:57

That’s awesome. I’m guessing the honeycomb is for added lightness?

jimz > ttyymmnn
08/03/2018 at 19:13

IIRC it was done to improve piston cooling.

Dr_Watson > AestheticsInMotion
08/03/2018 at 19:23

My house itself is from pre- 1865 (I don't have it narrowed down tighter than 1815-65 yet) ... Does that count?

OPPOsaurus WRX > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
08/03/2018 at 23:02

Damn. I c an only imagine the shit he asked and the fucked up answers they replied with.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > OPPOsaurus WRX
08/04/2018 at 00:38

Especially since he was Jewish, I imagine they weren't pleasant conversations.

jimz > ttyymmnn
08/23/2018 at 18:29