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Article: From America's Attic; 400 Ojects: Anvils to Autos at the Smithsonian
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- The Washington Post
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- April 9, 1988
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For this they moved the pendulum?
All the fascination of going to a flea market without your
wallet-that's "A Material World."
This new permanent exhibit at the National Museum of American
History is a brand-name version of what our world is made of. It
shows the way objects of daily use evolved from the rough, handmade
materials of the early years of the country into the slick, bright,
machine-made products of today. Beginning with mud and wood, the
objects gradually show the colorization of the world, ending in the
brilliance of plastics and other synthetics.
The more than 400 objects in "A Material World" are for people
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