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"Meet the scribe"

Historical memory is on life support.

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

"Oops! I just deleted all your files. Can you repeat everything you've ever told me?"

Office worker pushing a pile of papers on trolley.

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

Letter Collecting Nerd

Catalogue of little books.

Bobbies library of jeans

"I think I'll keep a diary..."

We have a nice selection of office artifacts, a typewriter, carbon paper, ashtrays, our CEO's last handwritten memo...

"The arms reduction talks are off to a good start -so far, we've agreed to ban pebbles."

Attic of hopes and dreams...

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

"Could you speak a little louder? I'm recording this."

'I need a lot of trunk space.'

'It's the Mesolithic Age? - But I just got used to the PALEOlithic!'

'Lost Diary'

'The last Doctor to go into medical records has still not been found.'

"What's this? Now we have to hunt, gather and collate?"

Dive in Archive.

Doo inc..can and no can.

"I'm still looking, sir?"

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

"Here is the one pager we all agreed on..."

Computer Address Book.

"I'm collecting everyday objects for a time capsule."

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