The "Cherish Is The Word That I Use To Describe ..... Part II" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Adding a few more photos from my recent visit to the Big Valley Antique Center in Reedsville, Pa.  While visiting with our friends Jere and Just Sue for a couple of days, we took the time to explore this huge antique center to see and relive our life in real-time.  The items in today's story have a bit more meaning than those from yesterday.  Follow along with the photos and see if you can remember them from your lifetime.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

A great find in an antique store in northern Pennsylvania.  This is a Demuth snuff stoneware container.  It was made in Lancaster, PA sometime in the late 1700s.  It is in very good condition and has a price of $165.00

I used to have a round tube of Tinkertoys that I loved to play with all the time.  My mom and dad bought them for me for Christmas when I was about 6 years old.  I still have the Lincoln Logs package that I had, but not the Tinkertoys.  Didn't see a price on this.

Merle Good has written several books on the Amish.  He is from Lancaster County and writes about the Old Order Amish and the Mennonites.  This book looks fairly new.  No price was listed on it. 

I have my baby plate from when I was a young boy.  Now that I know I could ask $65 for it, I may have to sell it. 

I loved my view master and all the round reels that you could put in them.  Great time watching them with both eyes.  made it look 3D.  Price was $10.

I have posted a few stories about these choir boys and girls.  Every Christmas my church choir director gave all the choirboys one of these as a gift.  I still have a few of mine from back in the early 1950s.  A few were lost one year when they were too close to heat and melted. These are $29 each.

Were you alive in 1986 when this happened.  Ricky Nelson had such a soothing voice as he sang.  He was one of my favorites except he was supposed to play a concert in Lancaster one year and canceled at the last minute. Luckily we hadn't paid for tickets for the concert.  This newspaper page is $18.

The flag being sold here was captured by an American soldier who risked his life battling through Europe in defense of freedom.  "The flat is a symbol of hate and fear, but is also a war souvenir, a reminder that we must never forget that evil exists in our world and that it is our duty, that of every man and woman, to stand up against this kind of evil and make sure it never invades our lives again.  Yes, the flag is a symbol of hate, but is also a symbol of cowardice and fear among those who would wave it.  Tyrants who wave such flags have no place in the world today."   These are the words written and attached to the top of the flag in the showcase.  I did not see a price for the flag, but wouldn't have purchased it anyway. 

I had a 120 bass accordion exactly like this one.  I sold it close to 50 years ago for less than the $59 that the owner of this one is asking.  The number 120 tells the amount of bass keys or buttons on the side opposite the keyboard.  I am often tempted to pick up one of these monsters and try playing it, but fear I will hurt my back.  Last thing I need to do!

This is a really neat #3 Corona typewriter.  My guess is that it doesn't work and if it would you probably couldn't find ribbons for it.  It is selling for $399.  It is marked July 10, 1917. Can you imagine having to type on something like this?  What's interesting is the keyboard keys have the letters, numbers and punctuation in the same order as my computer keyboard has today.  

My final piece of history is this Underwood Tabulator model typewriter.  It too is neat and probably was used for many years.  The cost of this one was $100 FIRM, but was marked down to $80.  So much for FIRM! Same thing here...no way to buy ribbons for it. I learned typing in high school when I took the class in 11th grade with Mrs. Morse.  An old maid that was a neat old lady (at least we thought she was old) who was made fun of by just about everyone.  After being a teacher for over 30 years, I felt so bad that I treated her the way I did as a student.  Only wish I could have apologized for my behavior, but could never locate her.  She did teach me to type about 40 words a minute with 0 mistakes.  I am much better today since I have been writing these stories for over 9 years now. My hands just fly over the keyboard!  Not!  This story probably took about 30 minutes to write and illustrate with photos.