Memorial Hall Library

Artifacts from modern America, Helen Sheumaker

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Artifacts from modern America

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Helen Sheumaker

Daily life through artifacts

How to evaluate artifacts -- Chronology of events -- Part I. Communications -- Brownie Holiday Camera -- Eversharp Screw Cap Fountain Pen -- Princess Telephone -- Sony TR-610 Radio -- TRS-80 Personal Computer -- Typewriter -- Part II. Cooking, Food, and Drink -- Bob's Big Boy -- Cellophane -- Coffee Percolator -- Kelvinator Microwave Radarange -- Telescoping Shopping Cart -- Part III. Entertainment -- Atari 2600 Video Game Console and Packaging -- Popular Paperbacks -- Portable Gramophone -- Superman Comic Book -- Part IV. Grooming, Clothing, and Accessories -- Drene Shampoo -- Lorna Doone Patched Blue Jeans -- Max Factor Lipstick -- Nike Waffle Trainer -- Schick Electric Razor Variation Maidenform Brassiere -- Part V. Health and Medicine -- Antibiotics Penicillin Sample -- Craven "A" Ashtray -- Custer Electric Wheelchair -- Enovid Birth Control Pill -- Part VI. Household Items -- Air Conditioner -- Hoover Vacuum Cleaner -- Moonshine Still -- Refrigerator -- Part Vii. Political and Civic Life -- Environmental Movement Buttons -- Gay Pride Button -- General Motors TDH-3610 Diesel Bus -- Instructional Voting Machine -- Votes for Women Literature Bag -- Part VIII. Religion -- The Bible Story -- Commemorative Ribbon -- Muhammad Ali Robes -- Part IX. Tools and Weapons -- Children's Gas Masks, World War I -- Electric Chair -- First Fordson Tractor -- Gun/Police Revolver -- Part X. Transportation -- Boeing 367 Dash 80 Airplane -- Gas Ration Card, World War II -- Ken Kesey's Merry Prankster Bus -- Orbiter -- Pullman Railroad Car -- Schwinn Starlet Bicycle -- Trav-L-Coach House Trailer