An Online Museum—Open for Submissions • September 2007
A repository for currently existing examples of American manufacture--objects bearing the fast disappearing tag lines--Made in America, Made in U.S., Made in the U.S.A.--an endangered species.
The site was conceived via epiphany when I was looking for something to keep my VT2000 business cards in. I found an old card case with the WordPerfect logo on it. There was some fine print stamped on the back in the lower right corner. As I turned it to the light, I read "Solid Brass. Made in U.S.A."
And then came the epiphany. I knew that today, such a hand-out in any similar seminar would have been made in China, or Japan, or Korea, but certainly not in America!
And thus, this online museum of sorts was was born. To record just such adventures among the hard objects in our lives. Turn them over, read what it says. If you find something good, Made in the U.S.A, I want to know about it.
I'm making this up as I go along, and right now, no books, clothes, newspapers, etc. This is focusing on good, old-fashioned industrial production--what they used to do in the rust belt. Instructions for submitting your entry can be found on the Instructions page.