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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 14, 2011, 07:54:08 pm »

Thank you sapphire, it does have some of the same looks as mine though as you say the lid is missing a a few minor differences. I actually bout it for $2 about 40 years ago.    I have always been just a novice collector over my many years but really just bought what appealed to me for personal pleasure. I've never known what anything was worth, I just liked the things I bought. Now at my age and puters and all it's a whole new world. My thoughts are kinda learning what my many things are worth and maybe getting the courage to defeat this puter fear, lol and try and sell some of my many wonderful possessions . I know if I went tomorrow my kids would just send it all to goodwill not caring or even knowing what things are .

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 14, 2011, 03:35:23 pm »

In the old days, everything was shipped in wood boxes, crates or barrels either by horse n' wagon or by railroad.

Like cardboard boxes today, those wood containers became the property of the recipiant to do with however they wanted to.

Supposeldy, Henry Ford mandated specific dimensions, type of wood, etc. for one of the shipping containers a vendor had to make/use for shipping car parts to the factory. Upon receipt of the parts, they would unpack them, dismantle the wood crate and the boards were "pre-cut" and ready to be installed as the "floorboards" in the Model T's.   

The above pictured box has reinforced corners which makes me think it was made to be a reuseable "shipping container". Like back n' forth between two locations.

Thank you, this is most interesting and something I will definitely check into. Any idea of what it might be worth? 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 11, 2011, 09:05:25 am »

I wouldn't think animal transport as it has pieces of very thin paper left, like the interior had a layer of paper on it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 10, 2011, 07:57:25 pm »

Thank You Thor, very interesting indeed,,that gives me a something to go on in my quest to find out the history of it and it's worth.    

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 10, 2011, 02:47:30 pm »

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Please help identify this old box

« on: May 10, 2011, 02:46:48 pm »

[img]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj313/Granny822/GEDC0423-

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Antique Questions Forum / Please help identify this old box

« on: May 10, 2011, 02:46:18 pm »

I've had it for years and thought it might have been used to ship something in but I'm just not sure. It has writing on it but I don't know quite what it says. The measurements are 29 1/2 inches wide,, 21 inches deep and 21 inches tall. The handles were probably hemp or burlap but were pretty worn off when I got it. I thought it may have said Henley Bread, but I'm not familiar.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hanging light

« on: May 09, 2011, 08:21:16 am »

It is a very thin fine glass.

EDIT: The original wiring was very, very old when I got it in the early  70's.

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Antique Questions Forum / Hanging light

« on: May 08, 2011, 09:48:02 pm »

I don't know anything about this hanging light but I've had it since 1973.  It's like pink bubbles all over.  When I bought it, it just had the wiring cut off but I rewired and added chain and it still has the original socket. In the inside which I could take it down and get a picture it has a metal tube that is movable with fine holes in in, I reckon so it wouldn't be overly bright. It's held together on the top piece by 2 brass screws and nuts, one on each side. I know what I paid for it but have no idea of worth now days. Thank You in advance for any help of knowing what it is.

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