Slide projector
Slide projectors were for a long time the only way to terrorize your neighbours with your holiday photographs. And long into the 2000s they were also a given item in any classroom.
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Paint box
A solid paint box for the oil artist of the early 1900s. The walnut box contained a colour palette, and also 12 paint tubes, six brushes and drawing charcoal.
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Film camera
The affordable and simple Kodak Brownie camera appeared in 1900. The versions that followed become “my first still camera” for many, including star photographer Slim Aarons. This film version was released in 1955 and used 8-millimetre film. The last in the series (a still photo version) came 1986. (From the catalogue 1955.)
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T-shirt with photo
Even if the resolution isn’t always the best, a photo-decorated T-shirt always conveys a clear message.
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Wax crayons
Since the 1700s, children and artists have created masterpieces using pulverized chalk and colour powder in a wax base.
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Digital video camera
Digital Video was launched in 1994 and the cassette type MiniDV made it easy to record high-quality film at low cost. The tape was later replaced by memory cards. This version recorded onto SD/SDHC. (From the catalogue 2010.)
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Drawing table
An ergonomic drawing table from the beginning of the 1900s that let creative people work in comfort. (From the catalogue 1926.)
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Rubber eraser
This eraser features 80 grams of rubber with a brush for those who want to erase quickly before the ink dries. (From the catalogue 1933.)
Never forget1990
Post-it notes
Spencer Silver, an inventor at 3M, was trying to create a new super-glue. Unfortunately, his glue never worked since it was too easy to detach. But, 10 years later, his colleague Arthur Fry wanted to solve the problem of paper notes that always fell out of his note book, and the glue surfaced. The rest is modern business history. (From the catalogue 1999.)
