Many people pass this right by as just garbage. If you discover a stack though, and are a lover of paper, you know that bits and pieces of lives can be discovered among them. Letters home during the war, or from a son or daughter newly on their own. Wedding certificates from years past were often elegantly decorated, as were baptismal records. Old stacks of magazines can offer similar wonders.
Old advertisements can bring back memories long forgotten of a first car or favorite childhood toy.
Before computers, a paper trail was left for nearly every transaction. Company s letterheads and early motor vehicle titles are often very decorative. Ads sent to prospective customers before the advent of television advertising are interesting collectibles. Early postcards are favorites, depicting scenes from the East Coast to the West Coast and every stop in between. These include calendars, ink blotters, paper rulers, and reference items like the seeding schedule given to farmers visiting the feed mill, from Northland Farm Seeds it states, given when purchasing their yearly seeds for planting.