Still Running

82 things with 5,125 years of service between them. Every one of them still gets used.

No. 0100Clothes and gear

c. 1920

Gillette Old Type safety razor

A great-grandfather's razor, every morning A Gillette Old Type safety razor in its case, from the Helsinki City Museum collection. Not the one in the story.

Running about 106 years

No. 0025Clothes and gear

c. 1940

Red Wing work boots

Great-grandma's boots, found in a closet of moths A modern pair of Red Wing Iron Ranger boots, a design that goes back decades. Not the pair in the story.

Running about 86 years

No. 0024Clothes and gear

1951

Oxford leather bookbag

Grandpa says 1880. Mom the historian disagrees. An old leather school satchel from Austria. Not the one in the story.

Running 75 years

No. 0026Clothes and gear

1976

Canadian Forces parka

Pockets sized for rifle magazines, used for shoveling A US Army M-65 parka with its hood, a military cold-weather coat from the same era. Not Canadian issue, and not the one in the story.

A US Army M-65 parka with its hood, a military cold-weather coat from the same era. Not Canadian issue, and not the one in the story.

Running 50 years

No. 0023Clothes and gear

1988

Aladdin SB950H vacuum bottle

Jumped out of airplanes, run over by a Humvee A vintage Aladdin vacuum bottle in the brand's classic plaid, made before 1989. Not the one in the story.

Running 38 years

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