Employees In High School Find Purse Student Lost In 1954 Spilling Contents Inside They Can't Ignore

Mar 07, 2019 by apost team

This was truly a blast from the past.

Relics from a bygone era are often seen as mysterious and intriguing.

Some things from the days of your grandmother or great-grandmother may simply not exist anymore.

Others may seem quaint or unusual in modern times.

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An old high school was in the process of being demolished. The workers found a black purse and stopped their work.

They realized that it could be of some importance, so they got it out of harm's way and set it in a protected area in order to look at it at a later time.

When the workers opened the purse, they realized that it must have been the property of a student at the school. They did not say where in the building or on the grounds they found the item.

The purse was a clutch style with folded fabric, which was popular in the 1950s. The purse contained a bullet lipstick, which is rare to find today and is typically exclusive to high-end stores.

They also found many hand-written notes. In today's era of text speak, it was refreshing to read notes written by teenagers with complete and grammatically correct sentences. They also found a baseball schedule with an ad for bottles of milk.

The workers decided to look for the woman's family. They had her name and high school.

From there, they researched her last name.

The construction workers took to social media in order to try to find some members of the woman's family or some details about the woman.

The woman's family was excited. They put the workers in touch with the woman. She was thrilled to get her purse back and posed for a photo with it! 

The workers were touched to be able to perform this act of kindness that was definitely not expected.

Have you ever lost something meaningful to you and wondered where it went? Do you think that people might find it 50, 60, or 70 years from now and wonder about you and your life? Have you ever found a lost item like this purse and been intrigued by it? Let us know your thoughts!