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Old 09-24-2014, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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What do you have?

Going through my late father's papers & collections the other day, I found this original broadside from the US/Mexican War of 1846-48:

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Old 09-30-2014, 04:28 AM
 
Location: Purgatory
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I collect vintage psychiatric tests. The easiest I have is from 1920s.
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Old 09-30-2014, 12:48 PM
 
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I'm more into dressing up the historical mood of a room, rather than genuine artifacts, so I got my home office dressed up in modern replicas of old weapons, maps, firearms, etc. along with an extensive mostly historical library.
I do have a display of genuine civil war minnie balls and belt buckles that someone dug up in a battlefield.
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