Geography

"On The Road" book covers

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"I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous

An Old Musket and the Remains of a Dog: Field Notes from a Visit to Strange Creek, WV.

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An early post claims: "25063 as a zip code, gives you Clay County, West Virginia, USA", which is followed by an editor's note explaining that: Editor Note: 25063 is the Photo number of the object w

On the Road

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The 1960 Ford Sunliner Convertible on the road at UCL

"The Museum or the Object as Portal"

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The blue post-it note reads: "The museum or the object as portal".

Here we go:

Boy X

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I am giving the boy the name Boy X in an attempt to redress the racism he suffered at the hands of the British medical profession in being defined as “of non-European extraction”.

Why 'made in England' ?

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Muki Haklay
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One of the intriguing aspects of this toy is that it is clearly an American model, but it is stamped with ‘Made in England’ and ended in a London’s Hospital.

Archaeology Seminar with Bill Sillar

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Dr Bill Sillar, Lecturer in Archaeology at UCL conducts a seminar from modern to ancient, using both the toy car from Object Retrieval, ancient Egyptian artifacts and a series of cups.

Number as a zip code

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25063 as a zip code, gives you Clay County, West Virginia, USA.

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