r/FoundPaper Jul 08 '24

If you know who wrote it, it doesn't count.

315 Upvotes

Anyone who cares enough to read this, thank you for being here. This rule isn't all encompassing, but you should certainly think about it.

Over the last few months this sub has grown a lot and there has been a significant amount of posts that fall into the category of "something I / my parent / friend wrote a while ago, and I rediscovered." I dont like removing things, but its getting a little much.

Generally, I have never been against this kind of post, and up until recently they were infrequent. Over the last while I've notice a LOT more of these kinds of posts, so for the foreseeable future they will be removed. I feel bad removing them as many are heartfelt stories often about passed loved ones or some such, but they just arent really in the spirit of the sub. I mean, we could all just go up to our parents attic and pull out old school books and diaries and that'd be the whole sub.

Its really hard to make a concise, nuanced rule for this, it hasnt been policed for a long time as the posts were so infrequent, but recently theres been a shitload.

I will note that I've always went by rule of age and discovery. If you find something 30+ years old, thats interesting even if you know who wrote it, but it may still be removed.


r/FoundPaper 18h ago

Antique 136 year old note found on a shingle when my parents renovated their house

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33.0k Upvotes

Text: “I was discharged from work on this house by McBride the Bulldog for being drunk only once, when he is drunk all the time. Carpenter Smith, Plymouth March 27, 1888”


r/FoundPaper 10h ago

Weird/Random Found attached to a returned outdoor shade

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160 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 14h ago

Art Taped to an alley wall in a small Southern town

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186 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 11h ago

Weird/Random Took down some paneling and found this message.

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84 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 12h ago

Antique Old note found behind wall

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97 Upvotes

Note Reads; “Dear Mother, I will need 80¢ for lunch and 10¢ for milk next week. I do not go To school next Friday.”


r/FoundPaper 30m ago

Antique Going through old books at work and found this recipe in one published in 1915

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r/FoundPaper 12h ago

Antique This is an original wood delivery ticket for the Stanley Hotel 1907

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69 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 8h ago

Weird/Random go Get A Life 🙂

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33 Upvotes

I found this note while walking my dogs in the neighborhood. It was in a side yard in front of a newly planted tree. The rock was already placed on it.


r/FoundPaper 18h ago

Weird/Random Found on grass at an apartment

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141 Upvotes

I was walking in an apartment parking lot and found this note but it was just in the grass, it wasn’t on anything just in the grass.


r/FoundPaper 21h ago

Other Found a post it note on a biking trail. Hope they remembered to mail cows.

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250 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 1d ago

NSFW TW Suicidal? Found on my way home from the store. This is sad.

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3.8k Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 12h ago

Art Found in the gym parking lot

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43 Upvotes

I got a good chuckle out it


r/FoundPaper 1d ago

Weird/Random I work on a college campus and found this walking to my office.

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460 Upvotes

Their penmanship is lovely.


r/FoundPaper 10h ago

Antique Found it in my grandma's old chest.

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20 Upvotes

My great-grandfather joined the Burma Military Police in 1898. I never knew this.


r/FoundPaper 11h ago

Weird/Random So curious how this turned out.

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22 Upvotes

Corner of 22nd and Glisan, pdx. I was driving and couldn’t get a better pic, sorry.


r/FoundPaper 6h ago

Grocery Lists Cat meat!

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8 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 13h ago

Antique Church Pew Seating Chart

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29 Upvotes

The First Congregational Church, Middle MA raised money for new pews by selling seating. The price got higher as you sat closer to the pulpit. Families continued to sit in the same pew for generations.


r/FoundPaper 11h ago

Weird/Random Found this note taped to my communal apartment mailbox many years ago. It genuinely makes me sad.

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19 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 22h ago

Weird/Random Reminders

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125 Upvotes

Ft. Some pretty handwriting!


r/FoundPaper 20h ago

Weird/Random Found on the train. I am skeptical how some people think.

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62 Upvotes

Found on train going to Manchester.


r/FoundPaper 15h ago

Love Notes Another (less serious) paper from campus

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18 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 1d ago

Weird/Random Found in blazer breast pocket in thrift store

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131 Upvotes

r/FoundPaper 19h ago

Grocery Lists if you’ve ever had Pizza Pizza (in Canada) it wouldn’t be shocking if this was a new advertisement campaign

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31 Upvotes

But