A Bay Area thrifter stumbled on what they thought was just a charming piece of vintage home décor until they flipped it over and found a handwritten note dating back nearly a century.

In a post shared to Reddit ’s popular r/ThriftStoreHauls community, user u/Upstairs_One_3724 shared a photo of the find with the caption: "A 12-year-old made this? Found this today at Bay Area antique faire. Loved the look and then more than loved that it was made by a boy in 1935!"

A 12-year-old made this?

by u/Upstairs_One_3724 in ThriftStoreHauls

The discovery came with a touching detail : a faded inscription on the back that reads, "W.H. Gomer age 12 1935."

In 1935, a 12-year-old's school day looked dramatically different from that of today’s middle-schoolers. Manual training and home econ

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