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Elsewhere’s collection includes approximately 10,000 articles of army surplus from World War II and the Korean War, 10,000 bolts of vintage fabric, 20,000 items of vintage clothing dating from 1950 to 1997, 20,000 books from the 1950’s onwards, 2,000 assorted dish-wares and 2,000 more kitchen objects, tools, machinery, and sewing items, and thousands more toys, knick-knacks and ephemera. Everything that was in and a part of the building at the time the store closed in 1997 is what we refer to as “the collection.”
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PHOTO ARCHIVE VIMEO FLICKR
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2nd Floor
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What is collection and what is not? Is dryer lint from washing clothes from The Wardrobe collection? What about sawdust from cutting collection wood? What about objects found on the sidewalk on our block? What about Sylvia’s son’s business records for a business that was run outside of the building? What about the shark in formaldehyde? We love asking these questions!
