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Honestly, many that I’m aware of, and likely many more that I’m not. I have my great-grandfather’s .32 revolver, which he acquired in 1895. It came with the or
by Ancapistani 5y ago
Honestly, many that I’m aware of, and likely many more that I’m not.
I have my great-grandfather’s .32 revolver, which he acquired in 1895. It came with the original holster, a couple of boxes of ammunition from ~1920, and a cased cleaning kit that he got with it.
I have two of my great-granmother’s cast iron skillets - a #3 and a #9 Griswold.
My wife has a quilt that her grandmother made by hand when she was a girl. It includes pieces made from the wedding dresses of at least five generations, going back to my wife’s grandmother’s grandmother.
I have a tool chest that’s been passed down at least twice that I know of. My grandfather called it “Grandpa Metcalf’s toolbox”… it’s safe to say that the box itself is at least 150 years old, and many of the tools are likely older still.
I’d expect that this sort of thing is much more common for rural families, who tend to live in one place for generations.