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« on: September 03, 2016, 11:12:06 pm »
This was a neat story that came up this week, my sister was contacted randomly on Facebook about an old cash register with a Woodward's Chevrolet decal on it.  Turn's out it was a part of my wife's family (Kate vs. Katie) but anyways, this guy had purchased this old National register from an old Irish pub in Boston that had gone out of business, it had sat in the window on display for years.  The decal is from the dealership of the great grandfather of my wife, who sold the Chevy dealership in the mid-50's before moving it to NH and abruptly passing away.  Not much is left or know about his old shop, so finding these items are few and far between.  This guy is a collector and was more than happy to find the story behind the item and reach out to us.  He sold it to me for a very fair price and fortunately my brother in law (the great grandson) is local and can pickup.  The register is a 1926, which fits the timeframe at which the dealership came to be.

There are still some good people and stories out there, we had a lot of joy come out of this find, hopefully more people get to see stuff like this.
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 11:41:32 pm »
Great story.
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2016, 10:29:01 am »
That's cool.

How did the guy link the register to your wife? I mean, how did he know she was a person to track down?
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2016, 11:05:19 am »
That's so very cool!
I would be psyched!
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2016, 08:12:47 pm »
Quote from: halehouse on September 04, 2016, 10:29:01 am
That's cool.

How did the guy link the register to your wife? I mean, how did he know she was a person to track down?

He was able to find my grandfather-in-laws obituary which listed my wife on there, my sister still has her maiden name and my wife and her are both Kate's.  I have a pretty unique last name so there's only a few of us out there, he just messaged on FaceBook and we went from there.
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« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2016, 08:34:24 pm »
A great story- thanks for sharing!!
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2016, 09:01:38 am »
Great story; thank you for sharing
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2016, 11:01:23 am »
Quote from: tkaz on September 04, 2016, 08:12:47 pm
He was able to find my grandfather-in-laws obituary which listed my wife on there, my sister still has her maiden name and my wife and her are both Kate's.  I have a pretty unique last name so there's only a few of us out there, he just messaged on FaceBook and we went from there.

Pretty good of him.

And yeah, once they get to your name...Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2016, 11:14:08 am »
Great story congratulations on the find
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2016, 08:39:32 pm »
You don't get a much better story than that!!
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