More Displaying Old Fort Finds (Thats fort with an "o")

[Ray Scott]

More Displaying Old Fort Finds (That's fort with an "o")

I find this stuff at an old coast artillery fort in Maryland that closed in 1940. I'm guessing they cleaned out the buildings when it closed and tossed everything into the burn pit. I enjoy finding household and personal items that provide a glimpse into how these folks lived almost a century ago. I can tell you they ate tons of oysters, used gallons of black dye, played harmonicas, broke many pieces of Quartermaster Corps tableware, had kids who played with marbles, used Watersman's ink in their pens, had decorative china in their homes, were issued Springfield rifles, still had horses and mules on base, opened thousands of tins of Spam, drank milk from the Fairfield dairy in Baltimore, had slate roofs, used kerosine lamps, were buying Listerine, Lysol, Bayers Aspirin, Ponds cream, Vicks, Schick razors, Yale locks, Milk of Magnesia, Absorbine Jr., Suburban Club soda, Calvert Whisky, Noxema, and Heinz Ketchup. Stare at this panel of artifacts for a couple of minutes and see if you can find some clues about life on an army base in the 20s and 30s.

 

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[firemac]

makes some great history what folks used to throw in the trash

 

[HISPAN]

I love to pick up the 19th century .. in my town know some good fields full of these items ... are the best ,these spoons or other items are true treasures .

 

[CRUSADER]

I find this stuff at an old coast artillery fort in Maryland that closed in 1940. I'm guessing they cleaned out the buildings when it closed and tossed everything into the burn pit. I enjoy finding household and personal items that provide a glimpse into how these folks lived almost a century ago. I can tell you they ate tons of oysters, used gallons of black dye, played harmonicas, broke many pieces of Quartermaster Corps tableware, had kids who played with marbles, used Watersman's ink in their pens, had decorative china in their homes, were issued Springfield rifles, still had horses and mules on base, opened thousands of tins of Spam, drank milk from the Fairfield dairy in Baltimore, had slate roofs, used kerosine lamps, were buying Listerine, Lysol, Bayers Aspirin, Ponds cream, Vicks, Schick razors, Yale locks, Milk of Magnesia, Absorbine Jr., Suburban Club soda, Calvert Whisky, Noxema, and Heinz Ketchup. Stare at this panel of artifacts for a couple of minutes and see if you can find some clues about life on an army base in the 20s and 30s.View attachment 692422

Good discription, clearly no evidence of a social life (No 'three merry widows') lol.