Treasure found

When Mark was cleaning out the cubby recently, he found two dry and dusty envelopes with the address of the house next door, and the name of the War Veteran who lived there, back when these houses were first built. Weathered, stained, and brittle, we opened them carefully, thrilled by this discovery, and found some stamp catalogues, paystubs dated from 1946 through 1949 (he seems to have worked for a Furniture company and made $6.75 per week), life insurance papers (so much more lovely and decorative than now), a broken compact mirror, and a metal bill fold with a 20 dollar Deutschmark.

Not sure how these papers came to be in our crawl space, unless the houses were numbered differently at one time? An enticing mystery for sure. I will discuss with the neighbours.

I have to say, it was quite exciting to stumble upon something from a previous owner (even if he may not have lived in our house), and I would love for some future homeowner to find this and feel the same sense of wonder. It makes me love this little house even more, knowing more about the history in it's old bones. Is there any greater thrill than uncovering long-lost treasures (even if at some point they were just mundane papers)?

2 bottles milk and Whipping cream. Such lovely handwriting! Look at that W! Swoon.