Sunday, December 21, 2008

My Grandpa's Odd Collection




My grandpa (my mom's dad) had a unique collection and this only one small corner of it. LOL! Back in the day he was a dairy farmer in western Pennsylvania, this is the pole barn. Just to give you an idea of how big is is, five school buses can fit side by side in this building and is about two stories high. All four walls look just like this.

When I was a kid we collected aluminum cans for extra change. Back in the mid 80's it actually would pay pretty well! Anyway, somehow my grandpa took this to another kind of collecting while he was visiting us out here one year.

When he started digging he found not only other collectors but some very unique, old and some really cool cans and bottles over the years. There are some that are worth quite a bit of money, lol, who knew?

Both of my grandparents are gone now but the farm remains in the family and the cans..............? ...................... well, it would not be grandpa's farm without them so we all keep them and laugh about them every year at the family reunion.

3 comments:

Marty said...

Some of those old bottles and cans really can be worth A LOT of money. Your grandpa gave you a gold mine.

Daisy said...

Cool. And you know - looking at those cans is better than what a regular pole barn looks like inside, LOL!

That Chick Over There said...

Oh my goodness!