pete00
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After the chipmunk attack I worked up my courage to back and continue to work on the garage, this time on the outside. Im planning to cover the outside with wood panel, so I wanted to get rid of some of the uneven stuff that was on the outside. The garage is around 90 + years old, the outside has something that looks and feels like roof shingles, but in the pattern of red bricks . I started to tear off some of it just as my wife came by to visit. After tearing off a small corner I notice a bit of cardboard.
I thought it was just something someone put on to block out the wind, common in those days. I tore a little more off and the cardboard piece turned into poster size around 1x2 feet. So of course I hade to tear more off to uncover it. I didn’t want to take all this stuff off, just cover over it. So the more I tore off the more of the poster I found.
After taking out all the nail in the poster I got it off and turned it around. It was an advertisement for a wrestling bout. We said well that cool, wonder if there are any more, tore a little more siding off and another poster, tore more off and another poster and another and another…ok ill stop. Found about six posters three were in pretty good shape.
Im trying to date them,
I found some of the wrestlers were active from 1910 to 1960 that was no help.
It lists a phone number to call to buy tickets 26791 or 31931. Don’t know when the last time the phone company used a 6 digit number.
Ticket price is .75, 1.00 and 1.25, kids .50
My guess is there around the 30’s or 40’s
So take a look, any wrestling fans out here…….lol
BTW digging out some foundation down about two feet found two marbles red and yellow swirls…… I liked these better than the posters.
Maybe ill just quit my job and excavate my garage and sell all this stuff……lol
Oh yea another BTW after running extentions cords for a few years to power the garage, im putting in a new service the end of the month.
YAHOO........
Just took a look at the preview, dont know where the "bullet holes" came from there not in the original pictures.
I thought it was just something someone put on to block out the wind, common in those days. I tore a little more off and the cardboard piece turned into poster size around 1x2 feet. So of course I hade to tear more off to uncover it. I didn’t want to take all this stuff off, just cover over it. So the more I tore off the more of the poster I found.
After taking out all the nail in the poster I got it off and turned it around. It was an advertisement for a wrestling bout. We said well that cool, wonder if there are any more, tore a little more siding off and another poster, tore more off and another poster and another and another…ok ill stop. Found about six posters three were in pretty good shape.
Im trying to date them,
I found some of the wrestlers were active from 1910 to 1960 that was no help.
It lists a phone number to call to buy tickets 26791 or 31931. Don’t know when the last time the phone company used a 6 digit number.
Ticket price is .75, 1.00 and 1.25, kids .50
My guess is there around the 30’s or 40’s
So take a look, any wrestling fans out here…….lol
BTW digging out some foundation down about two feet found two marbles red and yellow swirls…… I liked these better than the posters.
Maybe ill just quit my job and excavate my garage and sell all this stuff……lol
Oh yea another BTW after running extentions cords for a few years to power the garage, im putting in a new service the end of the month.
YAHOO........
Just took a look at the preview, dont know where the "bullet holes" came from there not in the original pictures.
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