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All quarters, nobody working there, and a floor built to flood. Here are eleven.
1. The Machines Took Quarters and Nothing Else
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Every machine was coin-operated, the slide…
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A balance, a soda fountain and a label that did not name the drug. Here are twelve.
1. The Pharmacist Made the Medicine Rather Than Counting It Out
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A boy in the pit, a grease pencil and your shoe as a deposit. Here are fourteen.
1. The Pins Were Reset by a Machine and Before That…
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Ask an American over fifty why cursive went away and you will hear that children type now. Ask a teacher and you will hear something more specific and…
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It is one of the most standardized objects in American life and almost nobody knows it was standardized on purpose. Every school bus is the same color. Not…
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The object is so familiar that the oddness of it never registers. A rectangular foil tray, divided into compartments of unequal size, each holding one element of a meal,…