Items from the past that have become a piece of history (17 photos)

Sometimes you think about it and you’re amazed: some piece of paper or jar can outlive a person, and more than one!





And such things seem to be rubbish, but they contain history and traces of the past. After all, even behind some check the fate of an individual person can be hidden, no matter how pretentious it may sound. We have collected for you cases when such artifacts fell into people's hands.

While walking I found a really old Fanta



I bought the book “Eyes of the Dragon” at a used bookstore.





And in it I found a receipt for a laxative from 1999, which was used as a bookmark.

I just found a 1909 coin in the bottom of my wallet.



I found our old 3.5-inch floppy disks



I found a drawing made by my great-grandmother (circa 1937) She drew a drawing of her friend from class



In the first picture she signed: “This is who you are now.” And on the second: “This is what you will look like in 50 years.”

Super Mario Land save data is still there



Find at an excavation



We were excavating the foundation of an 1800s house and found not only a well, but also a bottle of milk of magnesia (with some left in it), a teapot, a vase and other glass containers.

My still sealed copy of Windows 3.1



I found a four-leaf clover in my relative's German prayer book from 1880.



I found my mom's typewriter and it works great.



Old beer found at my grandparents' house



Today at work I found a yearbook that is over 50 years old.



A can of Patio Orange Soda found in the attic



It was produced by Pepsi in the 1960s.

My husband broke his leg when he was 4 years old. He kept the plaster



I have a 137 year old receipt for checked baggage on the 1885 Saratoga.



Found a 1916 2.5 cent coin from the Netherlands in Lake Erie, Canada