Historic collections always need metadata and intepretation to be of
value.

One doesn't simply put a washing bowl in a museum and call it history,
one has to label it, say where it came from, where it has been, why it
existed in that form, what is notable about it, and what was happening
around the same time.  Only in that way can one learn from the history
of artifacts.

Your collection is extremely weak in this, yet it could certainly be
improved with some simple effort on your part or on the part of others.

Do it soon, before the knowledge is lost forever.

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James Cameron    mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org     http://quozl.netrek.org/