I haven't done that, but about 18 years ago we lived on a house built about 1920, and an upstairs toilet malfunctioned, doing a lot of ceiling and lath and plaster wall damage, so we took the opportunity to rip out the water-damaged and cracked lath and plaster in two rooms and insulate and sheetrock.
In one area of a wall (where the water didn't get) there was quite a collection of regional, state, and local newspapers from the era.
I intended to put them back, along with current versions, but failed at that due to the illnesses of several family members I had to look after.
We moved on, and the fellow I sold the house to has since passed away, and it's hard to say what will happen to the grand old house.
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were in the attic of our Church rectory looking for the source of a cold air leak that was freezing pipes, and noticed a number of rafter cross-braces were written on by workmen in September, 1951, listing their names, the date and what they were doing. That was 6 years before I was born.
I found that interesting as my late Uncle was an electrician and wired the building when it was built. (Didn't find his name in the area we were in.)
The writing appeared to be done in black Magic Marker, but were they around in 1951?
It really didn't look like pencil or grease pencil. What would have been used at that time?
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