Antiques Roadshow Show & Tell

The antiques have been pouring in. 

The children have been so interested in each old item. 

They definitely understand that antique is something old and it has been very impressive to listen to their interpretation of how the time has been improved upon in the world that they live in today.

This is a 120 year old United States quarter.

 This is an old Saturday Evening Post newspaper 
that was found in the walls of this child's home 
during a remodeling project and it is from 1944.

This is Buddy! 

He is very old and has been passed along through the family.

 This is a wedding cup for the bride and groom to share a toast.

It is about...  years old.

 This doctor's medical bag belonged to this student's grandpa.

He used to make house calls a long time ago!!
It it 70 years old!

This rotary phone is about 50 years old.

One of our teachers had a phone like this when she was our age.

 These arrowheads are anywhere from hundreds of 

years and maybe to 1000 years old. 

People used them to hunt for food before there were grocery stores.

Check out this old record player. 

We had to wind it up to get it to play the songs.

It is approximately 30 - 100 years old.

 Great Grandma rode to school on a horse using this saddle.

It's about 80 years old.

This is an old flip phone.

Really goes to show you how technology changes so rapidly.

This phone is 10 years old.

This is a cassette tape that is about 30 years old.
Believe it or not this is how people used to listen to music!

This WWll army helmet was worn by this little 
friend's great grandpa!!
It's about 75 years old!

Televisions have undergone many improvements since the 1970's

This pencil sharpener is 100 years old
and it still winds around and around!

Here are two types of floppy disks.
They are about 30 years old.

We also saw a gigantic 85 year old diamond doorknob.
It was sooooo pretty that our teacher forgot to take a picture.
The sparkles were blinding.
(The remaining antiques will be in a separate post.)