17 People Who Were Just Living Their Lives When They Discovered Amazing Things From The Past

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This moonshine from 1917 some kids discovered behind a fake wall in their home’s basement:

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A 120-year-old glass plate negative that YouTuber Mathieu Stern found inside a time capsule and then developed, discovering this image of a long-gone kitty:

He then colorized the image so we could get a great look at what our feline friend from 1900 really looked it:

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This newspaper from 1936 (that fans of The Crown would surely find of interest) this person came across in their grandmother’s boxes.

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This doodle of a bird on a land deed drawn by a 19th century worker that a digitizer discovered when scanning land deeds from the 1800s:

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A war savings bond issued in 1943 that belonged to this person’s great-great-grandparents: