Updating a Depression Era Bathroom

Okay, so we are one week in and bathroom demo is done. Like any bathroom demolition you find some surprises, the good and the ugly. Remember last week the demo crew jack hammered their way through the floor tiles and discovered the original Depression era basketweave flooring? Yeah, you can read all about the beginning of Updating a Depression Era Bathroom here, I might have cried a little at the discovery, because it would have been oh so beautiful to have salvaged that part of the home. Anyyyway, we enter stage two of demo and start knocking out walls to find what you might always expect, water damage. Just crazy how a vital life source, water, can literally destroy your shelter.
I was expecting some water issues because we had leaks in the past that we had to fix, remember that time water was coming down the walls into the kitchen below, yup, that happened. Now, I wanted to make sure we tackled the water damage / mold right way. So, here is what we did next.

And because I just love this stuff, guess what I found, initials carved into the mortar/bricks. Yes, I cried when I saw this too. I only imagined the worker who layered these bricks, who he was, and once again, I paid my respects to the craftsmen of the Depression Era.