/diy/ - Do It Yourself

i collect quirky stuff from the 20's through very early 60's, tech, furniture odds and ends it doesnt matter. some of the stuff ive scavenged....
1.early 50's kelvinator magic cycle refrigerator with a compressor that was only a year old.
2.ive lost count of how many tube radios ive salvaged. one was an old console radio/record player that i gutted and turned into an entertainment center by my bed.
3.cool looking old shadowbox with light up panels of viking longboats on the sides. only problem is a broken mirror section on the right side
4.an old moe bros. desk lamp from the early 50's that i picked up at a funeral homes garage sale.
5.2 old blue marble samsonite suitcases, one with an early 50's msu spartan sticker on it.
6. the craziest one was about 8 years ago when the home depot bought a bunch of land to build their new store on there were several places that they bought, 5 houses,the eagles lodge and an old motel. they had a tear down auction so people could buy the stuff they wanted to salvage before the buildings were demolished. my mother bought all of the wrot iron from the motel. after the auction had ended i snuck in one night and took some items that were left over. including a checkout reminder with 2 dials on it off the wall made out of red marble bakalite, a information pamphlet from beside the bed and an ashtray with the motels logo on it. the picture is of the motel. the little checkout reminder i got is located right next to the door. it tells you what time you need to be out by and where to leave the key.