Kelly Kuppersmith of Athens, GA sent me pictures of the linoleum he found in his house. Click on the thumbnail below for a slideshow of his photos.   Via email……

(I thought they were pretty cool. The “rug” that was in my dining room was covered by a newspaper dated Sept 19, 1965.)

If anyone can further date these it would be appreciated. Since his was covered by 1965 newspapers is probably much older than that.

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Please read the history of linoleum here. Vinyl became popular in the 60s and nearly took the place of linoleum as new flooring. But linoleum is making a comeback because it is made from natural materials. Here is a link to my Linoleum Page.

If you have pictures of your antique or vintage linoleum, please send me your photos and I’ll include them in my blog with credits to you. Many of our linoleum patterns aren’t shown in the Linoleum book by Jane Powell (great book!!.) It would be nice to get a really good additional collection with clues (like under dated newspapers etc.) to try and date our linoleum.

Please make a notation if you are from the Erie area as I’ll include them in the Erie links, too. Email photos to: thisolderiehouse@verizon.net