This 1800s 25¢ bill:
This 1890s brass knuckle pistol:
This 1880s ID card:
his 1850 $10 bill:
This 1820 coffin collar that prevented grave robbers from stealing corpses:
This 1850s women's self defense glove:
This 1800s hidden staircase in a Victorian home:
This 1800s sundial alarm clock:
These 1800s shoes for crushing chestnuts:
This 1800s pepperbox pistol:
This 19th Century guide on how much you could sue for loosing a limb:
This 1840s medical inhaler that administered anesthesia:
This 1830s clock:
This 1830 cost of a semester at Harvard:
This 1890 steamer trunk that converts into a dresser:
This 18th century uranium glass china that glows under UV light:
This 1800s cemetery that was preserved in the basement of a building:
This 1840 Japanese shadow puppet guide:
This 1880s penny farthing bike:
This 1880 tap and die set (aka toolkit):
This 1880s Victorian dollhouse:
1890s manners book:
This 1821 recipe for Ginger Ale:
This 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market:
This 1800s corner chair:
This 1800s telephone:
And finally, this 19th century Victorian home library:
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Back then there were no push button dials, nor the # or * 's that arrived with digital technologies in the late 1900's
Also: Gaylord
"No officer, I collect medical antiques it's an 1840's inhaler..."