‘It’s just a privilege to be a part of the story,’: Century old photos found in antique’s secret compartment, reunited with owner

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Furniture isn’t the only thing you find in antique stores, and that was proven at one shop in Kirkwood, when a customer browsing furniture in the White Rabbit boutique found a secret compartment with a century-old story inside.

It was a quiet Sunday in St. Louis when an unsuspecting customer uncovered that piece of history within a piece of furniture.

“She said you might not have known this is in here, but there are these secret compartments, it had pictures and documents from 1917 about a car crash that happened on the Hudson River,” shared Andrea Gorris, the social media coordinator for the White Rabbit…

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