Down in the archives

We continued weeding the collection of an Operation Paperclip scientist that was donated to us many years ago. Everything here is weeded material we’re not keeping in the collection but that caught my eye nonetheless. Some of this will go that great big recycling bin in the sky, and some of it will go to a space museum in the area (some of it may be added to their library, and some of it might end up being sacrificial display or exhibit items in the future). This is all non-unique material available elsewhere, so it gets weeded with regards to the practical limitations of space, money and staff time for processing.

As an added bonus (that I didn’t picture), I found a folder of maintenance records for one of the VW Rabbits who’s owner’s manual I featured last week.

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For those of you who were ever lifeguards or pool operators, you’ll likely be familiar with the Taylor company and their products for measuring water chemistry.

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Nibby and/or Torch bait:

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Finally, for all you keyboard nerds we’ve got some Cherry keyboard literature: