I have. So many questions.

1. Why did my straight cis catholic grandparent in laws have a weird shaped box labeled queer?

2. Why is it nailed shut (...????)

(It seems to be empty)

(I have not pried it open yet though)

It’s in my possession now because my mother in law called and asked “would you like this weird old box that has queer printed on it”

And of course I replied “of course I want a queer old box”

oh god they put the queer in a box and nailed it shut

this is somehow extremely hilarious and a little bit concerning at the same time

I can only assume this is the old use of the word queer?? I guess????

idek man

i know which makes it funnier

what odd thing is in this box

I don’t know what’s in the box yet

I want to open it carefully so I don’t damage it - the wood feels thin

oooh

report back

1st dis wis = first distill whiskey

No wait maybe its 1st district wiscontion?

Either way MYSTERY

It wouldn’t be first district Wisconsin or something?

(their house is in Wisconsin)

Yeah it seems so! Meakes a lot more sense so ot was my 2nd guess after realising it said wis and not whis

Alas no queer whiskey

alas

That just adds to the mystery tho cause looking online the 1st district either is the one started in 1972 and/or 2002

Why is it 50 (out of 450 maybe?)

idek?

it’s so weird

I'd totally get aome fgood wood oil and polish that baby tho it's cool AF and I say this as a cis person haha

the side box is like a circus font too

I can't identify the top one but the ees seem the same so it is a pattern of some sort

I want to know what's in the queer old box

Update! Without the top being nailed shut the box kind of fell apart a little. But it can be repaired.

This is the inside of the queer old box

I can’t find anything using google for “trunk and reinken” so I’m still super confused

Huh. .ight be legit wortgh posting this pn thw Wisconsin reddit forum

Sorry phone text means shit fingers lol

so some digging and it wseems to be a turn of the century tobacco compan y out of Wisconsin

Google Books

looks like a wholesaler in these records

it was siomewhere on page 12

oh nice

I would still ask the reddit forums, someone might have a grandpa that has another box but dang alas not whiskey, but some tobacco I guess?

I guess tobacco forums now too

They both smoked so it makes some amount of sense?

i was thinking cigar box or something honestly just from the size

it's where we keep the agenda obv

plz put something to that effect in there if you nail it back up again

give someone (possibly yourself in a few years) a fun surprise