A little treasure was just uncovered in our bedroom

minerswife17 · June 2014

As I've mentioned on here before, we are completely gutting and remodeling our farm house. Well my DH is ripping out our bedroom and just found a pay stub from 1901 from the B&O railroad. The wage was $2.83 an hour. I was hoping we would come across some "buried treasure." Just thought this was neat and wanted to share.

minerswife17 · June 2014

@discobelle‌ I know. It's so sad. And I'm sure they busted their hump for such little money!

Court0026 · June 2014

Cool!

raraavis28 · June 2014

How cool!

sunnydays99 · June 2014

That's really cool! I also didn't realize that B&O railroad existed outside of monopoly! Lol.

sunnydays99 · June 2014

That's really cool! I also didn't realize that B&O railroad existed outside of monopoly! Lol. I'm Canadian, so forgive me if this is generally common knowledge! :-p

minerswife17 · June 2014

lolonyo said:

That's really cool! I also didn't realize that B&O railroad existed outside of monopoly! Lol. I'm Canadian, so forgive me if this is generally common knowledge! :-p

I forgive you!

it's now CSX. So it's the "old name"

minerswife17 · June 2014

@Notchotchke‌ that's awesome! Isn't it great to find things like that?!

rachie1019 · June 2014

Oh how awesome to discover a little bit of history in your home. So I must ask, any stained glass windows in your house? We have 3 small square side windows up high in our dining room. I have always loved stained glass, and am becoming obsessed with the thought of putting some pieces in those windows. @penguingrrl‌ I know you said you are getting the stained glass window panels repaired in your new Victorian home. Did you get them back? Pictures? I've been looking online for stained glass panels. I've looked at E-Bay, Overstook, Etsy, Amazon... any tips?

penguingrrl · June 2014

That's so cool! I love the things you find in old homes!

@rachie1019, we don't have our house yet (we're renting and haven't moved in yet) but I'll share pictures once we're in and the windows are back! I know they're out for repair, but don't know much beyond that.

rachie1019 · June 2014

penguingrrl said:
That's so cool! I love the things you find in old homes!

@rachie1019, we don't have our house yet (we're renting and haven't moved in yet) but I'll share pictures once we're in and the windows are back! I know they're out for repair, but don't know much beyond that.

Ok yeah I didn't think you were moved in yet. Any funky colors on the outside of your home? Victorians are so beautiful, and the perfect excuse to have a purple or turquoise house.

minerswife17 · June 2014

rachie1019 said:

Oh how awesome to discover a little bit of history in your home. So I must ask, any stained glass windows in your house? We have 3 small square side windows up high in our dining room. I have always loved stained glass, and am becoming obsessed with the thought of putting some pieces in those windows. @penguingrrl‌ I know you said you are getting the stained glass window panels repaired in your new Victorian home. Did you get them back? Pictures? I've been looking online for stained glass panels. I've looked at E-Bay, Overstook, Etsy, Amazon... any tips?

No we don't have any stained glass windows.

penguingrrl · June 2014

rachie1019 said:

That's so cool! I love the things you find in old homes!

@rachie1019, we don't have our house yet (we're renting and haven't moved in yet) but I'll share pictures once we're in and the windows are back! I know they're out for repair, but don't know much beyond that.
Ok yeah I didn't think you were moved in yet. Any funky colors on the outside of your home? Victorians are so beautiful, and the perfect excuse to have a purple or turquoise house.

Nope. The exterior is really pretty, but not a unique color!

fancefpp · June 2014

So cool...you should frame it and hang in the house

minerswife17 · June 2014

5953fpp said:

So cool...you should frame it and hang in the house

Love that. We are building a small scrapbook of before and after pictures of the whole home so we thought we'd stick it in there, but I love the idea of framing it! Thanks!

thechickencoop · June 2014

@Luckey4‌ what end of the rail are you guys? just asking because we're on the Baltimore side. We have the B&O Museum here, I bet they would love to see something like that too!

minerswife17 · June 2014

@aliebno‌ I'm in WV. The track actually ran through our field. I didn't know they had a museum, that's pretty awesome. Maybe DH, DD and myself could make a trip up there one day (we love to travel) and donate it if they would want it.

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