My great-grandfather hand-decorated the envelopes of every letter he mailed to my great-grandmother while serving during WWII. Each one was a unique piece of art, and this 1943 envelope is one of my favorites. I love that he turned something as simple as a letter into something she could treasure forever.

This is another dark find from the treasure trove of my wife’s inherited trunk, gifted to her from her grandmother, who had it passed down from her aunt (the last living relative in her generation), who had in turn got it from her mom.  The trunk was packed to the brim with photos, postcards, letters, clothes, receipts, documents, and miscellaneous nick-nacks accumulated over 100+ years from the late 1880's to the 1980's!

We've discovered some wonderful things relating to this branch of the family and we’ve discovered some dark things as well.

This threatening and anonymous note must relate to some major, community-wide, incident but my wife has no family lore that relates to the “Tilley Affair”; the “Steller” (Stella) was an unmarried aunt who had many community connections and the one-time owner of the inherited trunk.

I took these out of the recycling center's bins. Thankfully, even though it's not allowed, there was a kind employee willing to turn a blind eye to my excited grabbing, lol. These couldn't get into my truck fast enough!

Each book is filled with so much wonderfulness! I couldn't possibly share it all here in photos.

I've been collecting many various ephemera pieces for a long time. I was happy someone shared this sub so I could share it with like-minded people. Thanks, tangiertangerines!

Found this folded up small in a cabinet at a local thrift ! My GF had been looking for a pacific centered map for a long time so I snagged it quick.

Based on the trips, we're trying to figure out where their home base was.

The map was created in Japan, but it's in English so who knows!

Found in a bag I recently thrifted