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- Sleep Inn Card Key, 2005-2010 - In many hotels and motels, electronic room keys replaced traditional metal keys attached to tags. These programmable plastic keycards can be reused, and there is no need for guests to return them if they are accidently taken home. Guests at a Sleep Inn used this convenient credit card-sized keycard in the late 2000s.
- 2005-2010
- Collections - Artifact
Sleep Inn Card Key, 2005-2010
In many hotels and motels, electronic room keys replaced traditional metal keys attached to tags. These programmable plastic keycards can be reused, and there is no need for guests to return them if they are accidently taken home. Guests at a Sleep Inn used this convenient credit card-sized keycard in the late 2000s.
- Spare Tire Lock, circa 1920 - Spare tires were tempting targets for thieves in the era when they were mounted on the outside of car bodies. A chain like this provided an inelegant but effective deterrent. In the 1930s, the gradual adoption of lockable trunks integrated into the car body, where spares could be stored, made chain locks unnecessary.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Spare Tire Lock, circa 1920
Spare tires were tempting targets for thieves in the era when they were mounted on the outside of car bodies. A chain like this provided an inelegant but effective deterrent. In the 1930s, the gradual adoption of lockable trunks integrated into the car body, where spares could be stored, made chain locks unnecessary.