Thursday, August 8, 2013

The hidden jems

House #2 is almost ready.  Walt Kowalski got the hot water tank working and we got hot and cold water to the upstairs bathroom.  I can I get a BIG woo hoo!
 
The mama of the house worked so hard getting the painting done and then she scrubbed the carpets.  It is all coming together fast!  They are hoping to move in as soon as this weekend.    
 
The electrical breaker box replacement will start tonight and continue this weekend.  And there are still LOTS of additional things that need updated.  The paneling in the laundry room needs removed and new drywall put up.  The basement needs scrubbed, dried, and painted with cement paint.  The kitchen floor needs new floor put down.  These items are currently usable, they just need updating.  We can revisit later this month, next month, year.
 
With a partially empty dumpster at House #1 and a scheduled pick up date of Wednesday, we had to jump back to House #1 to fill that dumpster.  Carpets and old linoleum filled the dumpster.  Back in the 60s they used a thin paper as a moisture barrier between the floor and the carpet.  But in some of the rooms they just used newspaper. 
 
 
 
May 1st, 1969 was the date on this paper.  That's when the linoleum was put down. The carpet was from the 80s. 
Here is the movie selection:
 



And the Kmart Ad (I would take paint for that price now!)






How about 45¢cents a pound for pork loin?
And Extra Plaid Stamps at the A&P!


 
 
And how about the clothing advertisements.
 
 
AND even more interesting is that Grammy drew these.  Grammy worked at the Pittsburgh Press in 1968 through 1970.  She was one of the artists for the paper.  Specifically, she drew the fashion ads.  These were her drawings. 
 
 
 
Now I know there were thousands of newspapers printed every day for how many years and Grammy drew every single day for the newspaper.  But what are the chances that the family that lived in this house in 1969 used that section newspaper that had an advert drawn by my Grammy that I would find 44 years later?
 

Wow.  Cool.  J
 
 
 
 

 

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