What is the item, which you've owned the longest?

[treeguy64]

My plastic dinosaur collection from Hannukah, 1957. These guys currently sit on the raised, back ledge of my second workroom's bench. They keep me company.

 

[Manatee]

I have a book about aviation that my father got for me in 1940. He knew the author and had him autograph it for me.

 

[Fyrefox]

I have a small wooden toy box that my father made for me to carry a few toys in when we went on summer vacations in the late1950's.

 

[katlupe]

I have a number of things from my childhood. But the very oldest item would be two, in fact. Two dresses my mother crocheted for me when she was pregnant. She already had a boy and wanted a girl so bad. There were 5 women in our family expecting babies so she figured at least one of them would have a girl. It was funny that year, 1952, all of them had girls. I still have those two dresses.

 

[twinkles]

i have one of the first shirley temple dolls and a small cross necklace

 

[oldman]

I have a signet ring my dad passed onto me from his father. I have been meaning to pass it on to my son, but some things are just too hard to let go. That ring is easy over 100 years old. Maybe this June on Father’s Day would be appropriate.

 

[AnnieA]

My baby book and first set of shoes which my mom had cast in bronze.

 

[debodun]

A stuffed dog which I believe was a gift from my mother's cousin. I still have it and have a photo of me in the family album holding it when I was less than a year old (and I'm 68 now).

 

[Keesha]

I’ve got quite a few things like Tupperware containers from around 1967-1968. Then there’s this, which is my first ‘real’ woodworking project I did in grade 7 which would be 1972. It’s a folding fishing stool.

 

[Pinky]

I’ve got quite a few things like Tupperware containers from around 1967-1968. Then there’s this, which is my first ‘real’ woodworking project I did in grade 7 which would be 1972. It’s a fishing stool.
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We used to have a stool just like that! I think it was my late father-in-law's. Handy little thing.

 

[Lewkat]

My baby book and my signet ring which my parents got me when I was 2.

 

[Keesha]

We used to have a stool just like that! I think it was my late father-in-law's. Handy little thing.

It is. It folds up to put away . I gave it to my parents as a gift and now it’s come full circle cause I scooped it back. Lol. They don’t need it where they are.

 

[Ferocious]

Hmmmmm......I've still got all of my skin, though it's a different shape than when I got it, and inside, there's a bag of bones that seem to rattle a lot nowadays.

 

[win231]

A set of encyclopedias that have been in every bookshelf in every house we lived in since 1953.
A box of shotsells from "Gemco" (now Target). The price tag is still on the box - $1.99. The brass is corroded.