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<p class="MsoNormal">It is day 2 of the Vernon Museum and Archives storage room clean out! This means a fresh batch of objects are available for transfer!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><i>Today’s special offer</i>: When your teachers told you to learn math because, “you can’t carry a calculator with you everywhere” they were probably thinking of a comptometer. The one we have today is a sleek
Burroughs model, made in Detroit USA. It’s loaded with paper and is just begging you to hit the keys, it even comes with its own wheeled stand! This is the perfect item to show how times have changed, and to discuss the early days of women in the workforce.
Warning: it is heavy! (994.73.2)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Managing the supplies was a crucial part of the war effort. Today you can teach visitors to your military collection all about it with this dark green metal container which was used to transport up to 100 cartridges
at a time. The side reads “1T 90 USE IN M61 GUN TP-1 M220 1305-00-157- 4886 –A652”. The top is scraped as if a desperate solider dragged it through heavy fire to reload the guns and save his comrades. (16.44.7)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">For anyone who wants to make a household display come to life, without the cost of building an entire house, we have a wood mantelpiece. It is roughly five feet tall, but lightweight, and made of a reddish brown
wood. It has a plain design, which in many ways makes it perfect for a display; it will set the scene for your objects, not steal it. (14.6.1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">An alluring wooden chest, the top embellished with “W H”. Its small enough for one person to carry, and it has two drawers, divided into slots. Whoever W.H. was they had taste.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Sorry H.A. Somerset, you won’t be getting your amazon package, because at some point your large gun metal grey mailbox ended up in our museum. The door is broken and the mailbox has been rudely wrenched from its
post. Put in a screw, stick it on a post, and it can be the most creative display item you’ve ever had.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Two large wooden mixing sticks, the ends stained a dark brown from years of stirring mysterious brews. (80.458-80.458.1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">3 large decorative pressed ceiling tiles painted white, to reward visitors who look up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Two large white pans, used for developing photographs, and an excellent practical addition to any photograph collection.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">A folding chair, metal with dark green fabric. In good enough condition that I could be sitting comfortably on it right now if I wanted too. (05.45.50)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">Take your collection beyond the wooden butter churn with this metal cream separator. It is in excellent condition. It’s a large metal bowl that can sit upright, with a spout at the bottom, and inside there is a
part that turns. I’ve never actually milked a cow so I’m not sure what all the parts do but if you accept this for your museum I’ll make sure to stop by and learn all about it. (03.24.1)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">For set dressing we have three suitcases, one a smart tan with black trim, small enough to hold with one hand as you run to catch your steamer. The second one has a badly worn black exterior and metal enforced edges
as if it belonged to someone who was sick of having their luggage crushed by the coachman. The third one is small, brown and can sit neatly on your lap, it even comes with its own crisp and unused “Baggage Identification Tag” for British Columbia.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%">A metal washing bin, dusty enough that I wouldn’t do a load of whites in it myself, but just perfect to set out on the porch of your historical house on a sunny summers day. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am happy to send photographs or more information. If you wish to have one of the objects listed here today for your museum shipping costs will be your museums responsibility, and in some cases there will be an extra 5 dollar fee for
shipping materials. If you are interested please contact: <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="mailto:Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca">Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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