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Artefacts from Great-Aunt Bessie's Attic
| Items found | Possible significance |
|---|---|
| Family photographs | |
| Diaries by Great-Aunt Bessie, from 1923 to her death in 2002 | |
| Eaton's catalogues dating back to the 1920s | |
| Land deeds for Grampa John's farm | |
| Tax returns dating back to the 1920s | |
| School textbooks from the 1920s and 1930s | |
| Trunk full of clothing from the 1920s to the 1940s | |
| Copies of Emily Carr paintings, painted by Great-Aunt Bessie, that are nearly identical to the originals | |
| Love letters exchanged between Great-Aunt Bessie and an Asian male, written between 1940 and 1952 | |
| Newspaper clippings from the 1980s | |
| Drafts of editorials on social attitudes in the 1950s in Great-Aunt Bessie's handwriting, but signed William Butler | |
| Forged stamps from the 1930s to the 1950s that are of poor quality | |
| Tools and equipment used to create forged stamps | |
| A television set (in working order) from the mid-1950s |
