Why on earth would she have saved these...?

[Unimatic1140]

We found this box at an Estate Sale today tucked all the way in a far corner of the attic. Any care to guess what's in it???

To be revealed later...

 

[hunter]

hmmm...

Move before this past one, the movers packed a box of...recyclable paper and it took me 2 years to discover it! LOL.

Maybe that was it?

 

[frigilux]

I was going to say that perhaps each box had a recipe on it. Then I saw the plastic bag.

Hoarder?

 

[Unimatic1140]

You guessed it...

Hundreds of delicious old supermarket product boxes, packages and can labels from the late 60s and early 70s...

 

[Unimatic1140]

we ran out of dining room space and hard to start the next set on the guest room bed...

 

[revvinkevin]

In a way it's odd.... but at the same time... very cool!

 

[Unimatic1140]

if it ain't sushi

mmmmmmm Mrs. Pauls, my kinda seafood[this post was last edited: 5/2/2010-23:08]

 

[Unimatic1140]

Vintage Swanson licious!

 

[Unimatic1140]

fried, fried, fried...

 

[Unimatic1140]

Strong enough for a man, but...

 

[Unimatic1140]

how many of us remember these?

now this is what the Frito bag is SUPPOSE to look like!

 

[Unimatic1140]

hmmmm, Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home...

 

[Unimatic1140]

Thomases Promises

 

[Unimatic1140]

It's not nice to fool mother nature...

 

[Unimatic1140]

Staying so thin with Jello...

 

[Unimatic1140]

yay for Land-o-Lakes

 

[Unimatic1140]

Fred's diving into what's left over, ugh...

 

[retropia]

Colorful packages

Those frozen food packages would create a dandy display inside a vintage freezer.

 

[a440]

Oh my goodness....

No you didn't find these at one sale?
How is this possible?
I love the fact that you did though!!!!!
Getting over the fact that you found this amazing treasures....how in the world to you wrap your mind around the person that saved them all???!!! And why???!!!!
It is a cool find!!!
What are you going to do with all of them?
I am sure you both were in shocked when you found them all.
Incredible.
Brent

 

[frontaloadotmy]

May I please have the

Lovely Nylon Half Slip! ? Only $1 !!

 

[peterh770]

Which room are you going to wallpaper with these?

 

[gansky1]

Love the cigarette packs. What a time capsule!

A wall or room "papered" with these box-fronts, etc. would be very cool, good idea Peter!

 

[volvoguy87]

WOW!

That's a great find! If you're going to store it, do so in an archival grade container (acid free, lignin free). Also, the best archival environment is likely 68 degrees F and 50% relative humidity.

Can you tell I've got some archival training?
Dave

 

[alr2903]

No disrepect intended but their diet did nothing to "postpone" the estate sale. alr2903

 

[brettsomers]

What a diverse collection. Butter and margarine and lite margarine. Wasnt there a decent fried chicken restaurant nearby? Had no idea Land O Lakes made ice cream. Love the Mrs Pauls boxes. Wonder if I can still find the onions?

 

[spankomatic]

Any Space Bars or Breakfast Square boxes? An old box of Captain Crunch would go perfect with your shirt,Robert. What a fun find!

Jim

 

[maytagbear]

What an impossibly cool

haul! Wow.

Crripes, I remember most of those, except for the VERY regional items, like the Land O Lakes ice cream.

Lawrence/Maytagbear.

 

[jetcone]

Okay I can see

I'm arriving in the nick of time to set you straight again!

Scarey!

 

[tlee618]

One would sure wonder why in the world she saved all of these but what fun she did. They would make a really neat collage just the way you have them. How was the rest of the house? Was she/he a saver??

 

[sudsmaster]

Good Lord!

Apparently....

It's contagious!

LOL.

Seriously, those Aunt Jemima packages are probably quite collectible. There's a older black woman in Richmond, CA, who collects all sorts of racist objects, and these Aunt Jemima images would fit right in.

Who would of thought that hoarded recyclable food packaging would be a window into the past?