Purse lost in 1957 found behind school locker 62 years later

Back 1957, an Ohio teen named Patti Rumfola lost her purse. A school custodian found the missing bag behind a locker – 62 years later. Now, the lost artifact serves as an unintentional time capsule, giving Rumfola's five kids a glimpse into her life as a teen.

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[ollieoreoo]

Imagine your stuff being found and called an “artifact.” Time is weird...

[salsathemonkey]

"unbeknownst to her her story was immortalized when she dropped her purse" hit the hardest

[chanise]

The fact that this school has had the same exact lockers, in the same exact spit for over 60 years...😭

[mrmister]

Imagine if she was alive to see her old high school purse. That would be amazing.

[jaronloar]

"Never forget the wonderful times we had."

That makes me sad.

[Name-evpr]

Some old school mean girls took her purse & stuffed it back there for a laugh. And somehow Patti still gets the last laugh.

[ouchseries]

"never forget the wonderful times we had. I hope we can be friends always, even tho we're far apart"
Bonnie '56

[chichan]

The purse and that locker have seen and heard alot of things.

[d-Equalizer-b]

Those pencils were sharpened to perfection.

[alainkaizer]

Her friend Bonnie though, those were pretty sweet words to a friend.

[Vivalavive]

I’d be so embarrassed if I lost my purse now & they found it 50+ years later. They open it to find a wallet with no money in it, empty juul pods, multiple acrylic nails & receipts from fast food places.

[msharper]

I'm pretty sure the way she felt about losing her purse is equivalent to how people today feel about loosing their phones. RIP Patti.

[jessejames]

It’s cool to see stuff like this how that purse just sat there while everything changed around it

[mixmixi]

More shockingly, that damn locker was finally fixed after 62 years...

[leostals]

Just imagine how many other things lie forgotten in different places. And most of them would just decompose before someone found out.

[lovesockboy]

50 years later:

"as you all can see, this is a rare iphone with ONLY 3 cameras on the back"

[kathelessley]

I'm so sorry she has passed away. It would have been great if they could have presented it to her....but it's awesome for her family.

[onee]

What a shame that they didn't find her purse 10 years earlier when she was alive.

[Swukelz]

“Hey patti can you take this gum from me I don’t want it”

“Damn I hate beech-nut gum it’s the worst”

62 years later: *She liked this peppermint flavored gum

[BlazyBluntz]

It’s astonishing how one item of personal belongings can become a historic discovery