The things you forgot you loved.
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◆ Did you have this?
👍 I had this💔 I wanted this1960s · school supplies
A spinning model of the Earth mounted on a stand, used to teach geography long before digital maps took over.
“A hard wooden ruler with metal edge and inked measurement lines, used for drawing straight lines, measuring, and -- unofficially -- flicking rubber bands across the room.”
“An analog calculating tool with sliding logarithmic scales, used by students and engineers to multiply, divide, and find roots before calculators existed.”
“A felt-covered wooden block used to wipe chalk off the blackboard, famously banged together outside to clear out a cloud of chalk dust.”
“A hand-crank pencil sharpener bolted to the classroom wall, cranked by hand until a perfect point (or a very short pencil) came out the other side.”