Mudlarking in CHICAGO by the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Come & See What We Found!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- I'm in Chicago! Come with us as we make our way deeper and deeper into the Forest next to the Illinois and Michigan Canal near Chicago. Some of the things we found in this ghostly forest I would rather not have found! In today's adventure I meet up with Bryce of @Brycefoot and Nathan. We see if we can find anything related to the construction of the I&M Canal. Come along and see what we found!
Wow wow wow! Part 1 came together so great! Can't wait for the next two parts. Thanks again for allowing Nathan and I (and Erica) to have some adventures with you in Chicago! And extra thanks for plugging my channels so nicely. I enjoyed the advertising you were able to find for the Bunte jar and the boot cream. I've since learned that Chicago used to be a real candy hub for the entire country.
It was fabulous to meet you all and I'm super excited to do the piece about the geocache for those circus people! Watch this space x
And yes Chicago is definitely the candy capital!
Candy has been big in Chicago. Unfortunately many companies have left. The Mars closing is particularly sad.😢 There’s no less demand for sweets so I don’t get it. Mars factory was a first job for many people in the area. We lost Brach, and Frango Mints quite a while ago and now Mars😠
My dad worked for Com Ed and part of his job was checking out electrical vaults in city buildings. When he would be ar Mars they would give him a few boxes of seconds. They tasted just as good! 🌸
Thx Mary!
Juno Alaska is only accessible by plane.also Pepsi bottles are twice as rare and twice as valuable as coke. Making that bottles very rare and valuable indeed.
Glad you released a video today!!!!! I missed having on yesterday!!!! Brilliant Nicola!!!!!
The little man on the pottery piece is "Porky Pine" from the POGO comic strip.
Thank you!
Gloria Vanderbilt is the perfume that went into the swan bottle. I had it in the 80's!!my sister collects insulators and she has EVERY color! In pristine shape as well. They are so pretty. She keeps them on a glass shelves surrounding her living room and has small clear xmas lights illuminating each of them so you can truly appreciate each color. Mennen I believe was a type of aftershave.
Oh brilliant thank you!
I was just going to type the same response!!!❤
@@jacqtubing
Yay from the 80's. I loved that perfume!
@lindaopperthauser2284 loved the jeans too!!!!
A lot of the Insulators along the tracks are broken because the rail crews like to throw rocks at them. Ex bf worked for BNSF and told me stories. He collected a bunch of unbroken ones for me.
That third hole may be the placket that allowed the dress to pass over the baby's head. It may have been held closed with a sash, belt, ribbon, or hooks (when it was on the baby).
Thank you 😘
Watching from Juneau Alaska. I have a coke bottle like that one!
Amazing!
I’m watching from Juneau, Alaska, too but never knew they bottled coke here.
My grandfather made us grand kids all nightlights in the 70’s with old insulators… a little square oak base with a little light and the insulator sits on top. He’s been gone now since the 90’s and still cherish my little light he made me ♥️
What a lovely way to remember your grandfather ❤️
What a lovely way to feel his love, lighting the darkness for you!
I think y’all found the island of misfit toys! 😂♥️
I think you're right!
When you’re in the museum, just after you talk about bullets from the 1800s, there’s a McClellan cavalry saddle in the background of the next shot, near the cod bottles. It was designed by Capt George B McClellan and introduced as the standard saddle for the US Army Cavalry in 1859. It continued to be the saddle used by the Cavalry until the last mounted units were disbanded during the Second World War. It s still used today for their ceremonial duties. It has a distinct shape with rectangular slots in the mantle at the back.
Oh thank you so much Graham! There are so may priceless artefacts in that little museum
The Chicago bottle, what a lovely gift to Nichola. She will always remember her trip.
6:05: that's Porky Pine, from the old 'Pogo' comic strip:
*"Don't take life so serious, son: it ain't nohow permanent."* ;-)
Skulls and doll heads? Forest of Doll PARTS--Hardly the same charm!! 🤠 Your bear find will definitely be a commemoration of your Chicago trip. After all they have the Chicago Bears of the NFL there! Great trip--and nice trip mates!
Thank you ❤️
Hola amiga Nícola, te felicito por tu video y por esos hermosos lugares donde estuviste con los amigos en búsqueda de Historia, Me encantó tu visita del Museo muy interesante y hermosas piezas, muy interesante exploración, Amiga por favor Acuérdate de mi saludo por favor en tu próximo video 🙋♂️🇨🇱😊🙏🙏, te envío un gran saludo y un gran abrazo desde chile 🙋♂️🇨🇱😊🙏💞💞💍🗝️🗡️⛏️🛡️
Not a hot dog, not Hanna Barbarra, but Walt Kelly and some one from Pogo!!
16 min isn't that a little holy water stoup with lower part- missing? Looks like : catholic homes had some in bedrooms.
Thank you
Yes...I think that’s right....a holy water font that hung inside the front door of a home...that’s why there’s a hole in it.....the bottom half would have consisted of a small bowl where the water was contained
The legend of the willow pattern is that a wealthy man had a daughter whom he promised in marriage to another wealthy man. The daughter, however, fell in love with her father's poor clerk, so her father locked her up. She escaped, and eloped with her lover, but her enraged father tracked the lovers, and chased them, and would have killed them both (that's the 3 little figures on the bridge). However, the gods, in mercy, looked down on the lovers, and in pity, turned them into a pair of birds, and they flew away and lived together as birds to the end of their days. I loved Willow Pattern, as my beloved Uncle had a lovely dinner service, and it always reminds me of him.😊❤
Ah thank you so much for explaining the willow pattern ❤️ 🐦 🐦⬛ 🦜
Nicola, if you haven’t yet read Devil in the White City by Erik Larson about the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, you may enjoy that bit of Chicago history. Humor with many new inventions and personalities plus a bit of Jack the Ripper thrown in. One of those can’t put it down books.
Thx John I'll look it up
Yes!!Terrific book!!!
Those guys are a riot! I'm glad you had so much fun! ❤
Thank you ❤️ they are so much fun
I think the white porcelain broken item with an angel and a hole in the top was the top half of a holy water holder. Grew up catholic and we had one at the entrance to each bedroom with a little holy water in it. The bottom half that missing would’ve been bowl shaped to hold the holy water.
Thank you
That's what I thought, too! Also grew up Catholic.
Very cool! How is it that Mudlarks are never grumpy????? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
I think the reason why you find the head, arms, and legs of the dolls is they were connected inside with an elastic cord. Which was likely made of natural rubber, and so just rotted away leaving the doll to fall apart.
Thank you!
Yes and also, the body was made of fabric like cotton, so it’s long gone.
I'm in Ireland if anyone needs to talk
Thanks John! ❤️
@@johnloughlin5821 American of Irish descent here, what is going on today?
@@randomvintagefilm273 very little its 01.37 am ive just eaten the pizza i burned and im heading for bed
Thank you and Nicola you always make me feel better sometimes I love learning history One of my dreams is to go to London someday
I'd like to see you visit Gettysburg, PA, and Fredericksburg, VA.❤🙂
I'd love to visit there too!
Nicola ! It's so cool to see the Gold Medal Flour Cookbook! I have a copy of that from 1910 belonging to a great aunt who lived in Chicago then ...
Really enjoyable video. Did you bring the little teddy bear home?
Hello! Thank you. I've got to admit that I didn't bring him home. He was a little bit too far gone xx
An item from the 1980s is a “relic”!! Dig deep enough in my personal archives…
Delightful history ! Best wishes and safe journeys !
Looking forward to seeing part two!
I always like how Nicola goes in with her bare hands 😄🥰
At my own peril!!
The Wandering Woodsman on TH-cam has a whole series about canals in Pennsylvania if anyone is interested. I would love to go to Chicago someday. Thanks for the fun video.
So much fun!
Great interesting finds in Chicago Nicola. Loved the bottle and little jar. I was lucky enough to be in London last week and did a little mudlarking. I didn't find anything very exciting but had lots of fun! 😊❤️
I'm so glad you had lots of fun in London xx
That cartoon on the broken plate is not from Hanna Barbara- it's from the comic Pogo
Oh, sooo fun, welcome!!! What a pair of fun companions to be with. My favorite was the little old bear, did you keep & restore it?? I don't often comment, but I am an avid viewer, dont miss a single adventure. Thanks Nicola for all the interesting entertainment!!!
Thank you Carol! thank you for commenting today. Im so glad you enjoyed. I confess I did not take Ted with me!! xx
I love the clown. Smiling on one side, frowning on the other.
I can't quite remember but I recall a game or a toy that had those little clowns. I wish I could remember!
Thank you so much Nicola for this video. Lovely people to mudlark with. I wonder if they are allowed to dig there. Thank you for your kind words at the end. I needed to hear that. May all the Gods bless You.
Thank you. And thank you for your support which never goes unnoticed. Much love to you ❤️
It is part of a holy water finger dip that you screw to wall of your house and bless yourself to keep safe
Thank you!
Nice finds. I have a few insulators, one we used as a doorstop in the house I grew up in.
What a sweet lady in the museum.
She's lovely isn't she
Hello from Sandy in Canada ❤ when the guys found the pop bottle from the 50s or 60s and were excited,it really made me feel old 😮😂.
in the antique store was an English bow saw hanging on the wall, and some other English stuff. cool to see you in my home town.
You mean to tell me you finally came over to the US to mudlark? Not only that, but 4 hours away from me here in Indiana. So awesome.
Yes it was such brilliant fun!!
Our things here are old…Your things you find are ancient 👍🏻☝🏻🌞
Well welcome back to the US and taking us along for your finds , as far as the doll heads , well our brothers had a nasty habit of dismembering our dolls . 😂
Boys were mean that way!
@@debrah7548 i remember fire crackers being involved 😅 no coming back from that .
Looks like you had a great time! Funny I just watched the Northern Mudlarks video before this one and they found a bottle from Chicago! Look forward to seeing part 2 of your trip 🙂 x
oh how funny!!
@@nicolawhitemudlark The lads would love it!
When first retiring from the US Navy, one of my first volunteer jobs was with the Island County Historical Society. It was such a wonderful time meeting many of the island's pioneer settler and listening to their stories. The country's first Historical reserve in Coupeville plotted all land and structures and documented all gravesites in the Reserve. 😊
Wonderful!
the clown is probably from Cracker Jack's. we used to get toys like that. in the 60's
Thank you 😘
@@nicolawhitemudlarkthe clown looks like the top of a stick you used to get in an ice cream drumstick treat. The sticks had different characters on top, you never know knew what you would get. It was a treat we would get at our local dairy in the 60’s
Well said, Nicholas. Talking, even on line, can help an awful lot ❤. Wonderful video.
❤️ thank you 😘
Bryce and Nathan are such fun ! 🎉
I love them ❤️
There is a possibility that it was for undressing quickly as in early christening the child would wear swaddling underneath the dress and the dress is removed and child fully submersed
Thank you!
Aw, thanks for that uplifting thought, very kind. Interesting bottles - wonder if you're allowed to scour the lakefront? Such a busy place, must be all sorts down there. Did you make any video around town or the neighborhoods? So different from London/ Used to live up on The North Shore, overlooking the park. Keep well & happy larking!
Nicola, thanks for making the trip to this side of the pond, Chicago is a great city, a lot of history, some good finds, can not wait for part 2, cheers.
So glad you enjoyed it Eric! 😘
There is a Juno WI as well southern WI
Must have been the dump for the house 😊
Hello Nicola . Funny you were in Chicago that’s about 3 hours away from me. I live in central Illinois. I can’t wait to see more of your trip. I do love watching your videos. I always learn so much. I’m so jealous of all your finds on the Themes I’ve got to say . Just looks so beautiful there . Wish I could go there sometime. Take care and stay safe. ❤❤❤❤
I really should look back more closely, and with my glasses, but if my Aural understanding is correct the bottle that says Mennen is a men's cologne bottle from the late 70s/early 80s. Likewise the bottle with the swan is a Gloria Vanderbilt perfume bottle from about the same time. Gloria has a fascinating story coming from one of NY's first families of the Gilded Age. Her son is Anderson Cooper the American news presentor. You may want to pass this information on to the fellows who escorted you to the "forest where you would not want to be at night on your own."
That's a Chicago Bear! Doing whatever bears do, in the woods!😊
Forget the forest … Just BEING IN CHICAGO would scare me to death!👍🏼👍🏼
It's a beautiful place you know ❤️
Lovely seeing you x
Regarding the Christening dress. There are at least two well documented women with 4 legs each, I think the result of partially absorbed twins. I see the idea that a child had 3 arms as not at all unlikely. Depending on the age of the dress, maybe a Thalidomide baby even? These days the extra limb is amputated. It is quite rare.
Just the greatest 🙂♥️
Wow Nicola what a lovely surprise seeing you nearly mid-week & in the US of A!! Hope you are lucky, love, John.
Thanks John!! xxx
Sounds like 'red winged blackbirds' in the background!
Yes exactly that
Siamese twin dress.
Could be!
More likely where the ribbons goes through under the arm ,and the bow in the front.
Great lark nicola nice finds, lucky you going to chicago , thanks for taking us with you, xx
welcome to the USA! your boots polish bottle is great. Love hearing the history of new places. thanx
Thank you Teresa xxx
Brilliant Nicola ❤🍁🎃
Thanks Marion! I'm so glad you enjoyed it ❤️ 💙
Amazing ❤and squirrel 🐿️❤
Yes squirrel is back!! ❤️
Loved it nic what nice guys loved the pray hands unique
so glad you enjoyed Antony! xx
Enjoyed this Nicola. Bet you had fun. Thank you for being so kind about "dark times". Actually made me tearful.
Nicola the comedy show queen 😂😂❤❤
Always 😂
Oh my gosh! At 9:42 it reminded me of Sid and The Mutant Toys from Toy Story 1!! Shall we call her "Dollydog"?? Great lark! Lovely folks! Thanks from NZ!
Thanks Nicola ❤️
You are so very kind❤❤❤
And yeah,I’m one of those who are going through a somewhat dark time,I never got to see or say to my father that I love him,now I have his ashes,I will find the right place,for sure,including a small amount in various messages in bottles,in various locations,including the Thames,but also other places,yet to be decided.
Sending you much love. ❤
Really nice to see you Nicole. Don't get nearly as many videos as we used to, or maybe its my phone?? Finding pottery in Chicago...who would have thunk?
Thx Peggy! I try to do 3 per month xxx
Nice little Chicago Mudlark!Thanks Nicola!
Crushing on Nicola!
❤️ 💙 💜
Yay!! Chicago!!
I like the bloke wearing the protective glasses, you bend over dont see a twig and your day is ruined or worse.
Awesome video! I had no idea I was only 5 hours from you this spring!! How amazing. What a great time it looks like you had. Can’t wait for the other 2 videos!
I wish I knew you were coming to Chicago again. I would love to meet you.
So, you came to Chicago and didn't tell me? That's ok, just good to see you and know you are well.
That coke bottle was a long way from home. thanks for a great video...
So glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Wow Chicago! In the USA where i am. Im in Missouri though.❤❤❤
Thanks for sending your love Nick. I’m a 53 year old Mudlarks r from Cheshire uk. Just been diagnosed with heart failure☹️
Hi Jake, I'm so sorry to hear that. Sending you love and hugs. ❤❤ what is your favourite find from your mudlarking outings?
Sending love. ❤
Perfume bottle is Vanderbilt. I still use it today.
Thank you!
Some dolls have cloth bodies, which don't last,
Why does that forest remind me of The Walking Dead?
ha ha - I wonder!!
That patterned large ceramic base might have been the bottom support of a birdbath.
Good place to magnet fish
My maiden name was Hemingray. I would so love one of these 🥹
Absolutely loved, ‘a woman type person’! I trust that his partner doesn’t see this video, otherwise he might be back to keeping company with racoon sculls!
Haha 😀 😂
I can guarantee she’ll be watching this. But we’re engaged now, so don’t worry, she’s locked in! 😅
@@BrycefootShe’s a brave lady! Congratulations to you both from the UK!
@@chrisberry9017 Thank you!
That radio you would turn to the station that you want to keep and pull out on the button to keep it programmed in.
Yes!!
I'd forgotten that!! Thanks for reminding me how those old radios worked.
@@CatHeadKnows53 it was more of a put my 2 cents in 😆
@@nicolawhitemudlark a question here
Was Martin and Bex on the same flight as you. I noticed on their video that they were in Chicago
100 like for you 😊😊
Sometimes out here in the deserts near Phoenix one can find old bottles that someone long ago tossed away but nothing like in the place that you went to with Bottle Ned or with these gentlemen in Chicago. My own bottle collection features only one, a chipped old soda bottle made with very thick glass from Hong Kong. How it got out here to the desert will most likely remain a mystery. Best to you always, I enjoy the fun and peacefulness of your videos.
Thank you ❤
That bear looked like one of those brands of bears that's worth money. I can't think of the name of who made those bears.
Steiner?
Steiff Bear is what I think they're referring to. Great video Nicola!
@@aprilleighallred8546 that's it
LeMond? You were near my hometown of Joliet!! Very cool to see familiar territory.
Darn autocorrect-that’s Lemont, not LeMond…
Be Blessed !
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Hi! Xx