Booty Inventory

Since we don't have room to store all the 'artifacts' that our builders have found under the house, Josh and I went through most of it yesterday afternoon to see if anything was worth keeping. Here's the whole lot:
As you can see, the majority of the loot is various types of liquor bottles and cans, but it also includes some children's toys, a leather knife holster, and a blue plastic bottle of Mennen Baby Magic. The little men are made of wood and can be stacked upon each other's shoulders, just like this toy. The colorful sticks are toy arrows, and the gray wooden thing above the men is the fuselage of a toy B-29 bomber, like the Enola Gay. There was also an old tennis ball can and the crumbling remnants of a National Geographic Magazine (not pictured)

Most of the beer bottles are National Bohemian, or "Natty Boh," which has been brewed in Baltimore since 1885. It became the official sponsor of the Baltimore Orioles in 1965, and must have been a favorite of someone who lived in our house. There were about 24 Natty Boh bottles in this lot.
The cans were in poor condition, but you can see that someone certainly liked to drink all different brands of beer. Notice that these pre-date the pull tab -- you had to use an opener to punch holes in the top in order to drink it.
We 'de-accessioned' (recycled) most of the rusty cans and beer bottles, but kept most of the toys and more unusual bottles. We'll have to set aside some display space in our new house for all these pieces of its history.