1.
These antique glass perfume Nips (or ampules) that date back to the ’30s through ’50s:
2.
This colorful 1957 GE Electric Kitchen, which came complete with a two-in-one washer and dryer as well as a dishwasher:
3.
This very old bottle of cocaine someone found in their grandma’s belongings:
4.
This Woodstock ticket, which — according to an inflation calculator — would have cost about $60 in today’s money:
5.
These Orange Lily vaginal suppositories for “female diseases” used in the late 1800s and early 1900s:
6.
This metal purse that — surprise! — is actually a makeup compact:
7.
And there’s this super convenient gun-shaped makeup compact from the ’20s, too:
8.
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:
9.
This TV remote from the late ’60s that really explains why some people still call it a “clicker”:
10.
And this late 1950s Philco Predicta TV set:
11.
This “civil defense preparedness” card someone found in a wallet from the ’60s, explaining what to do in a nuclear crisis:
12.
This wooden table from the 1890s with built-in bowls:
13.
This 1970s Electrohome Saturn record player that looks like it’s straight out of outer space:
14.
This cute as hell Lenox spice village from 1989:
15.
This evidently old school metal shopping list:
16.
This bottle of cough medicine from 1919 that’s so old, it was made with heroin:
17.
This wheelable dishwasher from the ’70s that had to be rolled over to the sink and connected to the faucet to work:
18.
This roll top writing desk that — according to OP — was made back in the 1880s and restored in the ’70s:
19.
This neon salesman’s sample case dating back to the ’30s:
20.
This “Welcome to Bell” telephone operator employee pamphlet that belonged to OP’s grandma, dated May 30th, 1954:
21.
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:
22.
These morphine vials from WWII:
23.
This retro metallic wallpaper that I’d argue needs to make a comeback, TBH:
24.
This mimeograph machine — invented in the 1870s and used throughout a good chunk of the 1900s — which made copies using a stencil:
25.
This typewriter from the ’50s made specifically for sheet music:
26.
This Lucite purse from back in the ’50s:
27.
These perhaps not-so-slightly phallic-looking telephones from Sweden in the ’50s:
28.
This 18th-century condom that was made from sheep’s intestine:
29.
This unopened bottle of whiskey from 1910:
31.
And finally, these smallpox vaccine vials OP found in their grandmother’s house:
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